On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SSE · 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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

5 mph WNW · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief