On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

10 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief