mexico · East Cape
East Cape / Los Barriles
Day
low
Roosterfish are the hunt — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.
4 mph ENE · high slack
Where
- East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Stay or drive
Two desks, one day
Monday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.
Left desk
SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé
Right desk
SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé
florida · Boca Grande
Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor
Day
medium
Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.
4 mph N · incoming
Where
- Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- Boca Grande Pass · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
- Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.