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 · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.0OF 10

Today

high

Permit are the hunt — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

4 mph SE · incoming

+0.23 ft

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

Where

    Open the Key West 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.

    3 mph NW · 11% rain · incoming

    -0.22 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