On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

13 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief