On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · 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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief