On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, June 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · 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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

5 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • West Bay grass · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief