On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.3OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · high slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · San Juan

San Juan / Condado

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon are in the mix — Condado and the bay — urban tarpon, then the north drop if you switched to Offshore.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • San Juan Bay · 6.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Condado Lagoon · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the San Juan brief