On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

12 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief