On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief