On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

7 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief