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

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.4OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — sight-cast reds in inches on South Bay and the spoils.

9 mph SSE · 0% rain · incoming

-0.07 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Brazos Santiago Pass · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • South Bay · 9.0grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
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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.

1 mph W · 9% rain · incoming

-0.20 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.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.4marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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