On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, June 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

5 mph NNE · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon should be the day — Jupiter Inlet and the first Loxahatchee points — snook, then a beach tarpon.

11 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.1structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 6.7mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief