On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

11 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.1wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

8 mph W · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief