On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

12 mph WNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

6.9OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph W · incoming

Where

  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.8creek bight on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • The Marls · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief