mexico · East Cape
East Cape / Los Barriles
Day
low
Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.
4 mph NE · outgoing
Where
- East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Stay or drive
Two desks, one day
Thursday, December 16. 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 — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.
18 mph SW · rain · outgoing
Where
- Boca Grande Pass · 6.2pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
- Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
- Gasparilla Sound · 4.6grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.