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

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph WSW · 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

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief