On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

11 mph SW · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

7 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief