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 2026-12-19, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
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Forecast

medium confidence

Forecast brief for Saturday, December 19. Back to this morning

Morning line

Calcasieu 8.0 on Saturday, December 19. 6 mph SW. Partly cloudy. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 0.54 ftNOAA hourly · ft MLLW

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW6MPH

From SW · gust 7

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Partly cloudy

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

Moon

78% lit

Waxing gibbous

mid range · 78%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.6 ft

incoming

0.54 ft MLLW

River

USGS 08015500

309 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

  • HighSat 12:42 PM · 1.36
  • LowSat 4:53 PM · 1.10
  • HighSat 9:22 PM · 1.39
  • LowSun 5:25 AM · -0.57
  • HighSun 1:34 PM · 1.58

Monthly YOLO day

Tuesday, August 25 · 8.6

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.4 ft · wind to 12 mph · Clouds · 15%

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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  • Calcasieu Lake reefs

    oyster reef · public structure · mid

    8.2

    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, Black drum.
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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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When

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sat 8:00 AMSat 2:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Sat 2:00 PMSat 6:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    8.0

    Sat 6:00 PMSat 11:00 PM

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

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Sat 11:00 PMSun 7:00 AM

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

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Sun 7:00 AMSun 3:00 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.

    Official source

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.
  • Partly cloudy. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 6 mph SW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • Waxing gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.

Black drum

Pogonias cromis

8.4

Thermal window

46°88°

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

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

Redfish

Sciaenops ocellatus

6.6

Thermal window

48°92°

Present, not peak. 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

6.6

Thermal window

44°90°

Present, not peak. 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.

Jack crevalle

Caranx hippos

4.8

Thermal window

64°94°

Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. 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.