On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

5 mph SE · 15% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day.

7 mph S · 9% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mustang Island beach - SP to Packery · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief