On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, November 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

9.1OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.3grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Boca Grande brief