On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WNW · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.8marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph S · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 8.1serpulid reef 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.
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