On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, September 12. 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

medium

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

9 mph NW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief