On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief