On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph NW · 11% rain · incoming

-0.23 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 9.0pass 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

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

7.0OF 10

Today

medium

Bonefish are in the mix — the same flat, thinner; pick the darker single.

9 mph SE · 1% rain · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 6.3hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief