On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

7 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Boca Paila · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.9hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

6 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief