On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

5 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief