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Friday, January 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

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Left desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SW · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 6.2pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.6grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief