On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, May 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

7 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 7.8pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

6.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph ESE · rain · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 5.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.4wreck edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief