On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.2OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

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

Where

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

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

9 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief