On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

6 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain.

10 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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