On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the throats — this is why the week is booked. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

27 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Farquhar brief