On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SSW · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

12 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief