On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

Wind not in · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief