On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country.

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.9hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.9hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.9hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

7 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief