On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

8 mph SW · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief