On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 13. 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

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

23 mph S · 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

12 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief