On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph E · 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 an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the pass at Port Aransas — this is current water, not a marsh drain.

17 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Nueces Bay · 9.0marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - PINS South Beach miles 0-5 · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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