On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph NNW · 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

3 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief