Bastian Bay

For most of the year, Grand Isle with mild temperatures and clear weather, is a leisurely place that attracts visitors who come to fish, walk the beach, explore the dense undergrowth at the center of the island and observe the hundreds of thousands of migrating birds who make Grand Isle their first stop for rest when they return from the tropics across the central Gulf of Mexico.

Grand Isle is located at the the southern end of Lafourche and Jefferson Parishes. It is bordered by the Gulf of Mexico, Caminada Bay and Barataria Bay. It is accessible by Louisiana Highway 1 along Bayou Lafourche and crosses Caminada Pass to the western end of island.

Unlike other "resort" communities, Grand Isle hasn't chosen to go modern. It possess an unpretentious mystique that is as warm and comfortable as South Louisiana hospitality. That is why generations of sport-fishermen return year after to bask the sun and bathe in the gentle surf. They keep coming back to fish, either on shore or off shore where the big ones wait to feed, either near the giant rigs or in open water, or the back bays.