On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 26. 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

low

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

Wind not in · 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

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph WNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.9pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief