On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph SSW · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

9 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief