On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSW · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

10 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief