On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, July 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

7 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief