On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, July 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

9 mph NNE · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

louisiana · Grand Isle

Grand Isle / Barataria

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Speckled trout are the hunt — the surf and the park pier still fish; the bay wants current.

12 mph NNW · high slack

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

Where

  • Caminada Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Grand Isle State Park · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Surf access adjacent to Grand Isle. NO camping - · 6.6sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Grand Isle brief