On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph WNW · rain · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.1sand 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 · 4.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 8.3hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief