On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

7 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief