On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 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

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — get off the skinny and sit the reefs.

13 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.8serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief