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.
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Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.5OF 10

Today

medium

Permit are the hunt — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 6.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.5channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
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