On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

9 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief