On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

12 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief