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 2027-01-15, 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 Friday, January 15. Back to this morning

Morning line

Calcasieu 7.7 on Friday, January 15. 8 mph NNE. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.

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incoming · 0.75 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8768094 · Calcasieu Pass · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy

Wind

OPEN-METEO

NESW8MPH

From NNE · gust 9

Sky

OPEN-METEO

Clouds

Mostly clear

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

Moon

52% lit

First quarter

neap range · 52%

Water

No gauge

Water

48°92°

Today’s range 1.5 ft

incoming

0.75 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 9:46 AM · 0.81
  • LowFri 1:28 PM · 0.71
  • HighFri 6:59 PM · 1.06
  • LowSat 3:09 AM · -0.46
  • HighSat 11:57 AM · 1.02

Monthly YOLO day

Thursday, August 27 · 8.6

Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. full · spring · tide range ~1.6 ft · wind to 10 mph · Thunderstorms · 57%

Next two weeks

Pulling the 14-day strip…

Where

This pip is that mark on this tide — not the day on the ring.

  • 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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  • Calcasieu Pass

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    7.8

    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.
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  • Cameron jetties

    pass jetty · public structure · deep

    7.1

    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.
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When

When is moving water in a good hour — not the day. Today’s ring mixes the best mark, the lead fish, and the best window, then taxes the sky. A strong incoming can sit under a weak day if the wind or the fish is off. Calendar cells are a third recipe: range, moon, and the day’s forecast.

  • Incoming water

    9.0

    Fri 8:00 AMFri 11:00 AM

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

  • Outgoing water

    9.9

    Fri 12:00 PMFri 3:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Incoming water

    9.9

    Fri 3:00 PMFri 8:00 PM

    Moving water in the right part of the day.

  • Outgoing water

    8.0

    Fri 8:00 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.

    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 8768094 Calcasieu Pass.
  • Mostly clear. Sky is workable.
  • Wind 8 mph NNE. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
  • First quarter moon — neap 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

4.8

Thermal window

46°88°

Off-season here. 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.