On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph WSW · rain · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.4oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

bahamas · Abaco

Abaco

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Sea of Abaco edges as they empty.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Great Guana ocean reef / bar · 8.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cherokee Sound · 7.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Little Harbour / south Abaco creeks · 7.5creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Abaco brief