On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 14. 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 SSE · 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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

8 mph WNW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief