On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. 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 — Caminada and the island backside as they empty. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

20 mph E · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.13 ft

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.7OF 10

Today

medium

Permit should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

11 mph W · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.9sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.4creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief