On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief