On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, July 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 mph SSW · 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

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.6hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief