On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SSW · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief