Black drum
Pogonias cromis
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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.
Louisiana · Grand Isle / Barataria
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.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Morning line
Grand Isle 7.3 on Sunday, February 7 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
1% lit
Waxing crescent
spring range · 1%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.0 ft
high slack
-0.39 ft MLLW
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8761724
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…
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
Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - pair w/ GI SP. · camp-surf · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow
mangrove edge · saved map · skinny
Bayou Lafourche marsh; launch at Leeville marinas. · flats · GULF ATLAS! - FISH
Caminada Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
West end of the island. Current, trout, and a fall flounder sit. Not Venice.
Grand Isle State Park
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
State park surf and pier. NOAA 8761724 is on this island. Campground rules apply.
Barataria bayside
marsh drain · public structure · mid
Island backside. Trout and reds on moving water. Birds are GPS.
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
9.4Sun 10:00 AM → Sun 11:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 12:00 AM → Mon 9:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.1Mon 11:00 AM → Mon 11:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 1:00 AM → Tue 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
8.0Tue 11:00 AM → Tue 10:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
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 sourceNo-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.
Black drum
Pogonias cromis
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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
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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
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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
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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.
Next two weeks
Δ1.2ft
t-storm