On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 29. 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 — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

4 mph SSE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SE · low slack

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

Where

  • Lydia Ann Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Copano Bay reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Mustang Island bayside / Shamrock Cove · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Rockport brief