On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 23. 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

low

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

3 mph W · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

Wind not in · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief