On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

5 mph W · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief