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

4.3OF 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.

6 mph NNW · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.7pass 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.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.7OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sight the grass and serpulid — do not fish Baffin like Rockport. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

7 mph ESE · 1% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Nine Mile Hole / upper Laguna back country · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief