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 2027-02-25, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · modeled — NOAA 8768094 quiet
- NDBC 42035 quiet
- Salinity probe quiet or stale
- River · USGS 08015500
- Red-tide check failed — not all-clear
- Sargassum check failed — not all-clear
- Water temp quiet
Forecast
low confidence
Forecast brief for Thursday, February 25. Back to this morning
Morning line
Calcasieu 8.4 on Thursday, February 25. 9 mph SSW. Clear. YOLO day is Wednesday, August 26. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
outgoing · 0.64 ft · drag or hover for the clockModeled M2 clock — no NOAA gauge on this water. Not a buoy.
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSW · gust 11
Buoy
NDBC 42035
Quiet
Galveston did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clear
Clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
80% lit
Waning gibbous
mid range · 80%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.7 ft
outgoing
0.64 ft modeled
Coast
No live coast layer
Red-tide check failed. That is not all-clear — open the agency page before you wade.
Sargassum check failed. Not a GPS pin. Not all-clear.
Salinity / color
North Calcasieu Lake near Hackberry is quiet or stale. Not a color reading.
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
- HighThu 7:00 AM · 0.79
- LowThu 1:00 PM · -0.82
- HighThu 7:00 PM · 0.85
- LowFri 1:00 AM · -0.86
- HighFri 7:00 AM · 0.87
Bahamas tides are modeled from lunar M2. Use them for windows, not a bar crossing.
Monthly YOLO day
Wednesday, August 26
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast. waxing gibbous · spring · tide range ~1.7 ft · wind to 15 mph · 10% chance of rain
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. First light and last light are named when the clock is the story. 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
10.0Thu 8:00 AM → Thu 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · incoming
9.7Thu 2:00 PM → Thu 9:00 PM
Last light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
8.7Thu 8:00 PM → Fri 3:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
10.0Fri 2:00 AM → Fri 9:00 AM
First light on incoming water.
Outgoing water
10.0Fri 9:00 AM → Fri 3:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
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).
- — Clear. Sky is workable.
- — Wind 9 mph SSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Waning gibbous moon — mid tide range. Marsh and passes usually want the extra current of a spring.
- — USGS salinity well North Calcasieu Lake near Hackberry is quiet or stale — not all-clear, not a color reading.
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.