On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph ENE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph S · 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