Redfish
Sciaenops ocellatus
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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.
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 2027-04-28, not this morning. Wind is a forecast. Observed water versus the table is a today-only instrument.
- Tide · NOAA 8768094
- 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
medium confidence
Forecast brief for Wednesday, April 28. Back to this morning
Morning line
Calcasieu 8.5 on Wednesday, April 28. 10 mph SSW. Mostly clear. YOLO day is Tuesday, August 25. Scores are 1–10, not a bite.
incoming · 1.33 ft · drag or hover for the clockNOAA tide gauge 8768094 · Calcasieu Pass · ft MLLW · not a weather buoy
Wind
OPEN-METEO
From SSW · gust 13
Buoy
NDBC 42035
Quiet
Galveston did not report. Witness only — not the tide clock.
Sky
OPEN-METEO
Clouds
Mostly clear
A 20% shower chance is not a cancel. A soaker is.
Moon
52% lit
Last quarter
neap range · 52%
Water
No gauge
Water
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Today’s range 1.3 ft
incoming
1.33 ft MLLW
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
309 cfs
Calcasieu River near Kinder, LA
Discharge into this bay. High water stains the flat.
Wind vs table
Observed − predicted
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No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.
Clock
NOAA 8768094
- HighWed 12:26 PM · 1.71
- LowThu 4:00 AM · 0.56
- HighThu 12:34 PM · 1.68
- LowThu 6:37 PM · 1.28
- HighThu 10:09 PM · 1.44
Monthly YOLO day
Tuesday, August 25
Best remaining dry day this month with a real wind forecast — and it is a copper day. waxing gibbous · mid · tide range ~1.8 ft · wind to 10 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.
- 8.4
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Speckled trout, Southern flounder.
structureskiffspinfly - 8.2
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Speckled trout, Redfish, Black drum.
skiffflyspin - 7.8
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 incoming tide is a classic match.
- — In-play: Redfish, Southern flounder.
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.
Incoming water
9.9Wed 8:00 AM → Wed 2:00 PM
Moving water in the right part of the day.
Last light · outgoing
9.6Wed 2:00 PM → Thu 6:00 AM
Last light on outgoing water.
First light · incoming
9.9Thu 5:00 AM → Thu 2:00 PM
First light on incoming water.
Last light · outgoing
9.6Thu 2:00 PM → Thu 8:00 PM
Last light on outgoing water.
Last light · incoming
8.6Thu 8:00 PM → Fri 12:00 AM
Last light on incoming water.
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 10 mph SSW. Castable. Sight-fishing is on if the sun is out.
- — Last quarter moon — neap 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
Speckled trout
Cynoscion nebulosus
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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
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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
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Present, not peak. This tide stage (incoming) matches how they hunt.
Louisiana: check LDWF coastal finfish before you keep a drum.
Jack crevalle
Caranx hippos
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Bycatch and beach noise — not the reason you came. Present, not peak. 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.