On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 30. 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

medium

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

5 mph WSW · 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

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSE · incoming

Where

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