On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, June 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph NNE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 7.8structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief