On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the lagoon is a look; the pass wants water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Farquhar passes · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief