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

4.5OF 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.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

10 mph WSW · 13% rain · outgoing

-0.25 ft

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 9.6pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Sabine brief