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 · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.6OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper should be the day — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

6 mph SSE · 0% rain · low slack

-0.02 ft

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

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief