On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

9 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

8 mph S · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 9.0mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 7.1grass flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief