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.

7 mph NW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.17 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.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.3OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

7 mph SW · 2% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • San Luis Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Galveston North Jetty · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief