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 · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.2OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — Mitchell's Cut and the ship-channel side do the exchanging.

16 mph S · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • TX - East Matagorda Bay (Matagorda Harbor) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Same county permit, 72-hr free camping, restrooms + rinse sh · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Pass Cavallo · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.4OF 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 WSW · 9% rain · incoming

-0.23 ft

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.2pass 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