On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drops off Brazos Santiago and the spoil edges. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

19 mph SE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Mansfield Cut · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 8.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty. The wind is the tide. Work the leeward shore.

20 mph N · outgoing

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

Where

  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 8.4sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.1marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief