On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph N · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

12 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief