On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.38 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief