On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

9 mph WSW · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

No wind reading · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief