On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — Current Cut and the east-side ocean flats — permit first, bones second.

10 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Current Cut · 5.9channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Eleuthera brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief