On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph NNW · 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.
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Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — sit the river-marsh drains — this water dumps after a blow.

3 mph WNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Sabine Bank · 7.3pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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