On This Water

Louisiana · Grand Isle / Barataria

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

Louisiana’s inhabited barrier island. Caminada and Barataria, the state-park surf and pier, trout and reds in the bays. NOAA 8761724 sits on the island. Do not fish it like Venice — this is a bay-and-beach desk, not the birdfoot.

  • This brief is for 2026-02-19, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
6.7OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Thursday, February 19. Back to this morning

Morning line

Grand Isle 6.7 on Thursday, February 19. 9 mph WSW. Overcast. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-0.7-0.30.20.61.1LHLHLHLHWed 6 PMThu 6 PMFri 6 PMSat 6 PMSun 6 PM
high slack · -0.03 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8761724 · Grand Isle · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW9MPH

From WSW · gust 10

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Overcast

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

7% lit

Waxing crescent

mid range · 7%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 0.5 ft

high slack

-0.03 ft MLLW

Wind vs table

Observed − predicted

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

Clock

NOAA 8761724

  • LowThu 8:57 AM · -0.04
  • HighThu 1:23 PM · 0.08
  • LowThu 5:01 PM · 0.01
  • HighFri 1:20 AM · 0.26
  • LowFri 5:56 AM · 0.12

Monthly YOLO day

Tuesday, August 25 · 8.3

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.1 ft · wind to 5 mph · Thunderstorms · 83%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping -

    sand dropoff · saved map · mid

    6.9

    Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - pair w/ GI SP. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

    • sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish, Black drum.
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  • Caminada Pass

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.4

    West end of the island. Current, trout, and a fall flounder sit. Not Venice.

    • pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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  • Grand Isle State Park

    sand dropoff · public structure · mid

    6.4

    State park surf and pier. NOAA 8761724 is on this island. Campground rules apply.

    • sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow

    mangrove edge · saved map · skinny

    6.3

    Bayou Lafourche marsh; launch at Leeville marinas. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH

    • mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish, Black drum.
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  • Barataria bayside

    marsh drain · public structure · mid

    6.2

    Island backside. Trout and reds on moving water. Birds are GPS.

    • marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.

  • Incoming water

    8.6

    Thu 11:00 AMThu 3:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Outgoing water

    9.6

    Thu 4:00 PMThu 6:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Thu 7:00 PMFri 2:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.6

    Fri 3:00 AMFri 8:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sat 12:00 AMSat 12:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

Launch and beach access

Cited to LDWF ramp lists and Louisiana State Parks. Parish rules shift after a blow.

  • Grand Isle State Park

    Louisiana State Parks

    Campground, pier, surf. NOAA 8761724 is on this island.

    Official source

Legal water

No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.

No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.

Why — and who

  • Tide is high slack from NOAA 8761724 Grand Isle.
  • Overcast. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 9 mph WSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing crescent moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

8.4

Thermal window

46°88°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (high slack) matches how they hunt.

Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

5.5

Thermal window

48°92°

Present, not peak.

Louisiana: 4/day, 18–27 in slot. None over 27. No harvest in federal waters. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.

Speckled trout

Cynoscion nebulosus

5.5

Thermal window

44°90°

Present, not peak.

Louisiana: 15/day, 13–20 in slot, no more than two over 20. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

3.7

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here.

Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.

Regs citedLDWF recreational saltwater · current LDWF coastal finfish · rolls in 7 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.