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

4.2OF 10

Today

medium

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

10 mph N · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • 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

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph SE · 23% rain · outgoing

+0.39 ft

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

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 9.3channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief