On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, July 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

bahamas · G. Bahama

Grand Bahama

5.5OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • West End pancakes · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East End flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the G. Bahama brief