On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, October 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

13 mph NW · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Redfish Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief