On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

11 mph NW · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

4 mph SW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief