On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.4OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph WSW · 9% rain · incoming

-0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — flood Copano and Redfish Bay grass — this is the mid-coast skiff day. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSW · 0% rain · incoming

-0.26 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Aransas Pass / jetties · 8.6pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Rockport brief