On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next incoming; they will not eat a bad presentation here.

10 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.3channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph SW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief