On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — Caminada and the island backside as they empty. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

9 mph N · thunderstorms · outgoing

-0.30 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.7OF 10

Today

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

5 mph SE · 10% rain · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief