On This Water

Louisiana · Calcasieu / Cameron

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

Southwest Louisiana. Calcasieu Lake, the pass, Cameron jetties. Same fish as the Texas border — reds, trout, fall flounder — under LDWF rules, not TPWD. NOAA 8768094 is the pass. Not Sabine Lake; the state line is west of here.

  • This brief is for 2026-05-22, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
8.5OF 10

Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Friday, May 22. Back to this morning

Morning line

Calcasieu 8.5 on Friday, May 22. 6 mph WSW. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Monday, August 31. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 1.69 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW6MPH

From WSW · gust 8

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.

Moon

34% lit

Waxing crescent

neap range · 34%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.9 ft

incoming

1.69 ft MLLW

River

USGS 08015500

311 cfs

Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA

Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.

Wind vs table

Observed − predicted

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

Clock

NOAA 8768094

  • HighFri 10:32 AM · 1.96
  • LowFri 4:09 PM · 1.51
  • HighFri 7:09 PM · 1.61
  • LowSat 3:16 AM · 0.39
  • HighSat 11:06 AM · 1.87

Monthly YOLO day

Monday, August 31 · 8.3

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waning gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.5 ft · wind to 10 mph · Thunderstorms · 37%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    8.4

    NOAA 8768094 sits here. Current, granite, fall flounder before the LDWF close. Not Sabine Pass.

    • pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Southern flounder.
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  • Cameron jetties

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    7.8

    Parish granite at the pass. Midday sheep. Measure every flounder — the close is LDWF, not TPWD.

    • pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Redfish, Southern flounder.
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  • Calcasieu Lake reefs

    oyster reef · public structure · mid

    7.7

    Big lake north of the pass. Trout on shell. Wind is the tide.

    • oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
    • In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish.
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When

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Fri 8:00 AMFri 12:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    9.6

    Fri 12:00 PMFri 6:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.6

    Fri 6:00 PMFri 9:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.6

    Fri 9:00 PMSat 5:00 AM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sat 4:00 AMSat 1:00 PM

    Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.

Launch and beach access

Cited to LDWF ramp lists and Louisiana State Parks. Parish rules shift after a blow.

  • Cameron / Calcasieu Point

    Cameron Parish / LDWF

    SW Louisiana beach. Parish rules shift. Calcasieu Pass is the next throat east.

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Legal water

No-take and closed water cited to the agency that owns it. Only the Keys box is FKNMS.

No FKNMS polygon in this box. Mainland Florida, Louisiana, Texas, Mexico, and the Bahamas are not Keys sanctuary closures.

Why — and who

  • Tide is incoming from NOAA.
  • Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 6 mph WSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing crescent moon — neap tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

8.4

Thermal window

48°92°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Louisiana: 4/day, 18–27 in slot. None over 27. No harvest in federal waters. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.

Speckled trout

Cynoscion nebulosus

8.4

Thermal window

44°90°

In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Louisiana: 15/day, 13–20 in slot, no more than two over 20. Charter captain/crew bag is zero. Verify LDWF.

Southern flounder

Paralichthys lethostigma

6.6

Thermal window

46°88°

Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Louisiana: typically 10/day. Recreational harvest usually closed Oct 15–Nov 30 — verify LDWF the week you keep one.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

4.8

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

5.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. In peak season for this water. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.

Generally unregulated. Still, do not leave a pile.

Regs citedLDWF recreational saltwater · current LDWF coastal finfish · rolls in 7 days. Louisiana flounder is typically closed Oct 15–Nov 30. Verify LDWF the week you keep one.