On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 11. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

10 mph SW · 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

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · incoming

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief