On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph SSE · incoming

Where

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

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

7 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief