On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

5 mph W · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

12 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.6marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief