On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

9 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief