On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, July 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.1OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — do not grind a Biscayne slack — boat traffic already did. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

31 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cape Florida Channel · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • West-side mangroves · 5.7mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Biscayne brief