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

4.6OF 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.

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.18 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

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.1OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

16 mph E · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.2channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Esperanza banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief