On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

low

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

11 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

20 mph ENE · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief