On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

6 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Snook are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the cays breathe.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.9structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief