On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph W · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SW · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief