On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. 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

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

12 mph E · 26% rain · incoming

Where

  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

5.1OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SE · thunderstorms · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.9pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.5pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief