On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

8 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Florida pompano should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

7 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.5pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief