On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 5. 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 NNW · 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

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — hold for moving water; Galveston slack is a boat ride.

12 mph WNW · high slack

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

Where

  • East Bay reefs / Hanna's · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Galveston Island SP bayside trails · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Christmas Bay · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Galveston brief