On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief