On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

10 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

8 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief