On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 8. 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 — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

12 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.6grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

6 mph NNE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.1mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.1mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief