On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, June 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

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