On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph N · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did.

8 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief