On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — sit the remaining Marls guts.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph N · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief