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

4.4OF 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.

9 mph NNW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.3pass 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

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Roosterfish should be the day — the East Cape beaches for rooster, then Gordo if the blue water is in.

4 mph WNW · 4% rain · incoming

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the East Cape brief