On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SW · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.1grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

12 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief