On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

9 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 8.3wreck edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief