On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, November 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

12 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief