On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

10 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

7 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief