On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, March 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

8 mph ESE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

16 mph S · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.5grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief