On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, May 4. 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.

5 mph SSW · 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.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.4oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

8.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

13 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief