On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

No wind reading · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.9grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief