On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, February 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the wrecks and the falling ocean bank; pressured fish want a clean shot.

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Channel Five · 7.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSW · low 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 low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
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