On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, April 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.9OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 8.7sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 7.7grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.8OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief