On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

24 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief