On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — sit Caminada until it turns.

11 mph NNW · low slack

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

Where

  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

5.0OF 10

Day

low

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

12 mph ESE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 5.5structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief