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

4.3OF 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.

9 mph NNW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.20 ft

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

Where

  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

16 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Vieques brief