On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph W · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

10 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief