On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

5 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Bay · 6.8grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right 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