On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

11 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief