On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.4OF 10

Today

medium

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

9 mph NNE · thunderstorms · incoming

-0.42 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.2pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.7pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.1OF 10

Today

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

9 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.2grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief