On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, January 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Marls and Cherokee on foot, or the ocean cays by skiff.

6 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • The Marls · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.1creek bight on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

5 mph SSE · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief