On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · 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

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

5 mph S · 7% rain · 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