On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.5OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph W · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.1sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 5.6sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the birdfoot drains and the pass edges — wind and river stage are the tide.

8 mph NNW · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • South Pass · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 6.8marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Southwest Pass · 6.2pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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