On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, September 16. 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

low

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

7 mph NW · 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

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — Nine Mile and the Badlands guts, not a wade across the flat.

10 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.2serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief