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

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

2 mph SSW · rain · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.1sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.9grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.3OF 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