On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

14 mph SW · 4% rain · incoming

-0.15 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.4OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — slide to Land Cut and the holes; trophy trout leave the skinny. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

12 mph SSE · 0% rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 9.6channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Yarborough Pass (PINS mile 15.5) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Packery Channel jetties (N) · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief