On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

9 mph S · 0% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief