On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

5 mph NNW · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

9 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief