On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.5OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph W · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.8marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SSE · incoming

Where

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