On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

No wind reading · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

9 mph WSW · rain · high slack

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief