On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, March 3. 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

low

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

14 mph WSW · 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

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

16 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 7.2channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief