On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, October 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout should be the day — Caminada and the island backside as they empty.

12 mph NNW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Barataria bayside · 8.4marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • LA - Leeville / Golden Meadow · 8.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Grand Isle brief