On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph SSE · 10% rain · outgoing

+0.22 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

4 mph NNE · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.25 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.0sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief