On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

11 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.9grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief