On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 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

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

9 mph NNE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief