On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph W · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the bridge shadow and the falling wrecks.

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.3wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief