On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.7mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

3 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief