On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 17. 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

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

7 mph SW · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief