On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, March 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

18 mph NE · 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