On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief