On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

6 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief