On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sit Caminada until it turns.

10 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.
Open the Grand Isle brief

Right desk

louisiana · Venice

Venice / Birdfoot

5.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — 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 · 5.4pass 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.
  • Southwest Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Venice brief