On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, 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

medium

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 ENE · 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

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph N · low slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.7structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief