On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

8 mph N · outgoing

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

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief