On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.7OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief