On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.6grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.6sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

No wind reading · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief