On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

2 mph NE · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

5.2OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

26 mph NNE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.1channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.6hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief