On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

9 mph WSW · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

14 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief