On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

5 mph NW · thunderstorms · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 4.5pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

4.3OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.2mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 5.0structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief