On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, February 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.4channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph ESE · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief