On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

5 mph N · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the East Cape beaches for rooster, then Gordo if the blue water is in.

2 mph SE · 3% rain · incoming

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the East Cape brief