On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 23. 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 — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

9 mph NW · outgoing

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

Where

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

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

4.3OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

11 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 4.8structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 4.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief