On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, March 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

6 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief