On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

12 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

12 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.2serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief