On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

12 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 7.3hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

21 mph NNW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.2sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief