On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood on the west side.

10 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 5.9creek bight on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West side white sand · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • East side ocean cays · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief