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

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph N · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.7pass 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

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.5OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · 4% rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief