On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 24. 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 — sit Caminada until it turns.

9 mph NNE · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief