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Louisiana · Grand Isle / Barataria

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

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 2026-08-02, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
7.1OF 10

Forecast

low confidence

Forecast brief for Sunday, August 2. Back to this morning

Morning line

Grand Isle 7.1 on Sunday, August 2. 7 mph NW. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

Mail it
-1.0-0.50.00.51.1HLHLHLHLSun 7 AMMon 7 AMTue 7 AMWed 7 AM
low slack · 0.58 ftModeled M2 · not a gauge

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW7MPH

From NW · gust 7

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clear

Clear

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

Moon

83% lit

Waning gibbous

mid range · 83%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.3 ft

low slack

0.58 ft modeled

Wind vs table

No live gauge

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

Clock

NOAA 8761724

  • HighSun 8:00 AM · 0.58
  • LowSun 2:00 PM · -0.61
  • HighSun 8:00 PM · 0.64
  • LowMon 2:00 AM · -0.66
  • HighMon 8:00 AM · 0.67

Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.

Monthly YOLO day

Wednesday, August 26 · 8.3

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~0.9 ft · wind to 5 mph · Thunderstorms · 45%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park

    sand dropoff · public structure · mid

    6.9

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

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

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    6.8

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

    • pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow

    mangrove edge · saved map · skinny

    6.4

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

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

    marsh drain · public structure · mid

    6.0

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

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Sun 9:00 AMSun 4:00 PM

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

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Sun 3:00 PMSun 10:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    10.0

    Sun 9:00 PMMon 4:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    10.0

    Mon 3:00 AMMon 10:00 AM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.1

    Mon 9:00 AMMon 4:00 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 low slack (modeled — the NOAA gauge did not answer).
  • Clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 7 mph NW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

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.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

3.7

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here.

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

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water.

Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.

Regs citedLDWF recreational saltwater · current LDWF coastal finfish · rolls in 8 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.