On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief