On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.7OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.6hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph WSW · 9% rain · incoming

-0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief