On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

12 mph E · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

7 mph S · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief