On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — hold for the next push; the pass does not fish dead.

6 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

3 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief