On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SE · 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

4.2OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph E · thunderstorms · low slack

Where

  • Boca Paila · 4.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 4.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief