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

7.1OF 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.

2 mph WNW · 11% rain · incoming

-0.20 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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

5 mph E · 0% rain · incoming

+0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief