On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — make the run or wait; slack out here is expensive.

7 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

4 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief