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

7.9OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

5 mph SW · 9% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.3mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.2OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief