On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph E · 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

2 mph SSE · rain · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief