On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

14 mph WSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

5.1OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph W · rain · incoming

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 5.6hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 5.6sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 5.2creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief