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

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Left desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

9.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

SabineGalvestonMatagordaRockportCorpusBaffinLLMVeniceGrand IsleCalcasieuBiscayneKey LargoIslamoradaFlamingoMarathonKey WestBoca GrandeJupiterAndrosAbacoG. BahamaEleutheraAscensionMujeresEast CapeLa PazSan JuanViequesPargueraAlphonseFarquharMahé

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 4.4grass flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief