On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

7 mph WSW · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.4grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief