Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

• Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side

  sand dropoff · public structure · mid

  6.2

  State park shoreline south of the pass. Beach and bar. Park rules, not a private cut.

  • — sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish.
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• Boca Grande Pass

  pass jetty · public structure · deep

  6.0

  The pass. NOAA 8725577 is the clock. Spring tarpon stack here. Current is the whole fishery — not a wade, not a skinny skiff.

  • — pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish.
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• Gasparilla Sound

  grass flat · public structure · mid

  5.5

  Harbor grass inside the pass. Reds and snook. Do not invent a hole — this is the sound.

  • — grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • — In-play: Redfish.
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• FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha

  grass flat · saved map · skinny

  4.8

  Iconic sound flats: reds, snook, tarpon lanes. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

  • — grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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