On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief