On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph N · 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

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief