On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

3 mph NE · high slack

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Ascension brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph WSW · 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