On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

12 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief