On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.5OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — sit the falling pass and the first harbor drains; this is current water.

16 mph S · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Boca Grande Pass · 7.3pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.1sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.5grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief