On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.6OF 10

Today

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

7 mph WNW · 9% rain · incoming

Where

  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.6OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph W · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief