On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief