On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

7 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief