On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.4OF 10

Day

low

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

13 mph W · rain · incoming

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief