On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.3creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.1hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NNW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.1sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief