On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — hold for the next push through the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Farquhar passes · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Farquhar lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Farquhar brief