On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, February 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.4OF 10

Day

low

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

14 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 8.1channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.8sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief