On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

1 mph W · 9% rain · incoming

-0.20 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.3OF 10

Today

high

Tarpon are the hunt — Nueces and Shamrock guts until the pass turns.

7 mph S · 0% rain · low slack

-0.15 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • F/V MISS TAKE · 7.3wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 6.9serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 6.9serpulid reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
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