On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Boca Paila and the drains; tarpon live in the darker mouths.

4 mph NE · 42% rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief