On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, August 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school across the biosphere.

2 mph NNE · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief