On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

16 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief