On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

9.1OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · 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

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief