On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood the west-bank ponds, then the south passes if the bulls are in.

11 mph W · incoming

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • South Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Venice 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.

5 mph W · 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