On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

6 mph NNE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief