On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief