On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

10 mph W · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.2marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — west-side white sand — schools, then the double-digit singles.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • West side white sand · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • East side ocean cays · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Bights and creeks · 7.8creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Andros brief