On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

16 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.9channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; this pass wants moving water.

12 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief