On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

5 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

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 6.7creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief