On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, March 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

6 mph WNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief