On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

4.7OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph NE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — push West and East Bay grass as the wind lets water back in.

12 mph S · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • West Bay grass · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Christmas Bay · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 5.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief