On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

mexico · Ascension

Ascension Bay / Sian Ka'an

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

2 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • Punta Allen / Ascension flats · 7.7hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Paila · 7.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Ascension brief