On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.5creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

13 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief