On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 8.0creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

17 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • 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.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief