On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

8 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.3wreck edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

4 mph NE · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief