On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

4.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SSW · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief