On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, 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

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph S · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.5grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

1 mph NNE · incoming

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

Where

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