On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, January 27. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.3OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.2mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 4.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief