On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, April 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.0OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.0mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — wait; slack here is traffic.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.6mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief