On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

5 mph NNE · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — flood the Ascension flats off Punta Allen — bones first, permit if you earned it.

9 mph E · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief