On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph W · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 6.8marsh drain on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; slack on the delta is a pause.

11 mph WNW · rain · high slack

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

Where

  • South Pass · 5.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Southwest Pass · 5.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Venice west-bank marsh · 5.2marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
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