On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 26. 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

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

18 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

19 mph E · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief