On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this bay empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief