On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, May 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass 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.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · Eleuthera

Eleuthera / Exuma edge

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — hold for the next push through the cut.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Current Cut · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Eleuthera east ocean flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Eleuthera brief