On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.7OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph WNW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.6grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief