On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

4.2OF 10

Today

high

Hogfish are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph ESE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.32 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 4.5sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.7OF 10

Today

high

Speckled trout are the hunt — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

2 mph WNW · 11% rain · incoming

-0.21 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief