On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.9OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph WNW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.9hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief