On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

12 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief