On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, 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

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

8 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

10 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief