On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.8OF 10

Today

medium

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

9 mph SSW · 3% rain · incoming

-0.34 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

8.0OF 10

Today

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — sight the grass and serpulid — do not fish Baffin like Rockport. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

11 mph ESE · 1% rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Land Cut · 8.7channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Bird Island Basin (PINS) · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Baffin brief