Black drum
Pogonias cromis
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In peak season for this water. This tide stage (outgoing) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.
Louisiana · Calcasieu / Cameron
Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.
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 2027-01-25. No wind forecast that far out — score is tide, moon, and season. Not a copper day.
Tide + moon
low confidence
Forecast brief for Monday, January 25. Back to this morning
Morning line
Calcasieu 8.2 on Monday, January 25 — tide, moon, and season only. No wind forecast that far out. YOLO day is Thursday, August 27. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.20 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
NWS
No wind reading
Sky
NWS
Sky not in
Sky not in
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
91% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 91%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.4 ft
outgoing
0.20 ft modeled
River
USGS 08015500
311 cfs
Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
Wind vs table
No live gauge
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8768094
- HighMon 6:00 AM · 0.61
- LowMon 12:00 PM · -0.65
- HighMon 6:00 PM · 0.68
- LowTue 12:00 AM · -0.71
- HighTue 6:00 AM · 0.73
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
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.
- 8.6
Calcasieu Lake reefs
oyster reef · public structure · mid
Big lake north of the pass. Trout on shell. Wind is the tide.
- — oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish, Black drum.
skiffflyspin - 8.4
Calcasieu Pass
pass jetty · public structure · deep
NOAA 8768094 sits here. Current, granite, fall flounder before the LDWF close. Not Sabine Pass.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout.
structureskiffspinfly - 7.7
Cameron jetties
pass jetty · public structure · deep
Parish granite at the pass. Midday sheep. Measure every flounder — the close is LDWF, not TPWD.
- — pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish.
structurespin
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.
Outgoing water
9.4Mon 8:00 AM → Mon 2:00 PM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
9.4Mon 1:00 PM → Mon 8:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Outgoing water
7.4Mon 7:00 PM → Tue 2:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Incoming water
7.4Tue 1:00 AM → Tue 8:00 AM
Water is moving, but the clock is against you — heat or dark.
Outgoing water
9.4Tue 8:00 AM → Tue 2:00 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 outgoing (modeled — NOAA 8768094 Calcasieu Pass did not answer).
- — Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
8.4
Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (outgoing) 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
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Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Off-season here. This tide stage (outgoing) 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.