On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.1creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

6 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief