On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

11 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief