On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

9 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

6 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief