On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. 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

low

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

10 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.1channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · 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