On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.5OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph S · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks for bones and permit — west-side mangroves for baby tarpon and snook.

11 mph E · 20% rain · incoming

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief