On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph WNW · 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