On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, July 13. 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.

6 mph E · 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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for a push — skinny clear water at slack is a walk.

5 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • South Bay · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Fred Stone County Park (Port Mansfield) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Adolph Thomae Jr. Park (Arroyo City) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the LLM brief