On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief