Grand Isle Navigational Hazards

Don’t buy tackle on the island unless absolutely necessary. It will be marked up 50 percent higher than buying from home or more if online.

Jo-Bobs definitely for lunch. It’s just a gas station but it’s good and cheap.

Star fish is good for casual full service restaurant.

Just use common sense with your boat and you will be fine. Plenty of a lot bigger boats running around the island with no problems. If you go into the marsh and not sure if you can run safely look for a row of crab traps and follow them.

I appreciate it, fellas. My buddy may be heading down in his boat but he’s wanting to try fourchon. I figured grand isle would be a bit easier for my first time down there but we shall see. I figure worst case I could at least fish the fourchon barges and some rigs out there to get my eyes on the area.
Staying in grand isle mid June so I’ll definitely check out some of the food spots yall mentioned.

I see starfish mentioned already, its the best place to eat on the island.

Hurricane Hole is good but really too expensive, especially for what you get.

I am a detractor here, but Joebobs food isn't very good IMO.

Anywhere there is something hard in the water in Grand Isle there will be fish.

On low tide things get shallow quickly, if running the backside of GI, stay closer to the main island than the marsh to the north. Try the back side of Grand Terre, Queen Bess. Fish the rocks in the passes and along the island, maybe front side if weather allows.

Remember that crab trap balls are normally the deeper part of the water column and bring a push pole as a 16.5 ft boat isn’t that heavy if you get stuck.

Good luck!

I'd say don't go on the front side of the beach with your skiff unless it's absolute glass out there. Even then, bring a good anchor and chain, and don't get too close to the surf. People sink or beach their little 16' bass boats in the surf all the time. Also, the two passes on either side of the island have very strong currents, so just be careful there as well.

Edit: I just read the part about fishing Fourchon. Same rules apply about the pass and the beach. You can easily fish the marsh on either side of Fourchon with a small aluminum boat or skiff. If you try to run West on the the back side towards Timbalier, beware that there's dredge lines and rock piles just under the water that can bust your prop, so don't cross any warning signs

We limited out last weekend in Grande Isle, even with the bad wind. Hotel Sid was hot freelining a weighted croaker. We also fished in between the rock walls and had good success using a popping cork and live shrimp. Caught 3 boat limits two days in a row.

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Hotel Sid was hot freelining a weighted croaker.

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Nice. I hadn’t been there since they pulled the platform up. I’m guessing they left some structure down there eh?

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keep hearing the tolls are really expensive.

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That toll can eat a fat dick. fricking clown state

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I have an Ankona Copperhead

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I absolutely love my Heron which is basically the same thing. I really think it gives me better access than anything else out there for the type of fishing I like to do (big trout on artificial lures) in the areas I like to fish. Taking it to the Chandys sealed the deal for me. Super economical as well so that’s a bonus.