On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 31. 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.

11 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

2 mph SSE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.8mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.8mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief