On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

14 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

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — Packery and the Mustang backside, then the Port A jetties if the bulls are in.

13 mph SE · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Port Aransas IB Magee Beach Park · 8.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
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