On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph WSW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

14 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Featherbed Bank · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Safety Valve · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief