On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.7OF 10

Today

medium

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

5 mph N · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.7marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 5.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

14 mph SE · 1% rain · high slack

-0.16 ft

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 8.1serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
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