On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.9wreck edge on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.5channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph S · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief