On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.6OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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