On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

9 mph SSW · 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

texas · Corpus

Corpus Christi Bay

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next push through the jetties.

13 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • TX - Kaufer-Hubert Park (Baffin doorway) · 7.8serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Baffin Bay - TROPHY TROUT, MIND THE ROCKS · 7.8serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Goose Island State Park · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Corpus brief