On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

10 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.2mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief