On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, October 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

4.2OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

16 mph E · thunderstorms · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 4.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 4.8hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

8.8OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout should be the day — push Barataria and the bayside grass — trout first, reds on the drain later.

7 mph NNW · incoming

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Barataria bayside · 7.7marsh drain on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Grand Isle brief