On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Snook are in the mix — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.7structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief