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Friday, May 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

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Left desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

6 mph WNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

16 mph SW · incoming

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.3grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Flamingo brief