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 W · 11% 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

4.3OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

+0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Marquesas · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 5.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief