On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, October 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left 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.

6 mph SW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

7.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — verify which creeks are actually open, then wait for water.

8 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Cherokee Sound · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • The Marls · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Abaco brief