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
Speckled trout should be the day — 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 2027-03-21. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
- Tide · NOAA 8761724
- NDBC GISL1 quiet
- Salinity probe quiet or stale
- No river gauge on this desk
- Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Sunday, March 21. Back to this morning
Morning line
Grand Isle 7.8 on Sunday, March 21 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
high slack · 0.23 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8761724 · Grand Isle · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Buoy
NDBC GISL1
Quiet
Grand Isle did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
98% lit
Waxing gibbous
spring range · 98%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 0.6 ft
high slack
0.23 ft MLLW
Coast
No live coast layer
Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Salinity / color
Barataria Pass at Grand Isle is quiet or stale. Not a color reading.
River
No gauge
No gauge
No USGS discharge gauge on this desk. Wind and the table still tell the color story.
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8761724
- LowSun 8:29 AM · 0.23
- HighSun 11:55 AM · 0.29
- LowSun 4:28 PM · 0.13
- HighMon 1:12 AM · 0.62
- LowMon 5:24 AM · 0.48
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.3 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.
- 7.2
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
- — sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish, Black drum.
structurespinwade - 7.2
LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow
mangrove edge · saved map · skinny
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.
skiffkayakwadeflyspin - 6.6
Caminada Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
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.
skiffstructurespinwade - 6.6
Grand Isle State Park
sand dropoff · public structure · mid
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.
structurewadespin - 6.4
Barataria bayside
marsh drain · public structure · mid
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.
skiffkayakflyspin
When
When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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.
Outgoing water
9.1Sun 2:00 PM → Sun 6:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Last light · incoming
9.1Sun 6:00 PM → Mon 2:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
First light · outgoing
9.1Mon 3:00 AM → Mon 7:00 PM
First light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
9.4Mon 9:00 PM → Tue 10:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
9.1Tue 1:00 PM → Tue 9:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
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.
- — Waxing gibbous moon — spring tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — USGS salinity well Barataria Pass at Grand Isle is quiet or stale — not all-clear, not a color reading.
- — No USGS discharge gauge on this desk. Wind and the tide table still tell the color story.
8.4
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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In peak season for this water.
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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In peak season for this water.
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.