On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, December 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

14 mph E · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief