On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.1grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

7 mph ESE · incoming

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief