On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

5 mph N · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.2sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 5.2marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief