On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph W · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • 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.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief