On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph WNW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — Espíritu Santo and the rocky beaches — rooster, then El Bajo if the season is on.

8 mph S · incoming

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the La Paz brief