On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, April 28. 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

medium

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

13 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.8channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • West-side mangroves · 7.4mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.1OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph S · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.2oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief