On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.9hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.9hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.9hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · 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