On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 7. 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

medium

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

10 mph SW · 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

5.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph NW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 6.1creek bight on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief