On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief