On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, July 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef 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 · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

3 mph S · incoming

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 7.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.4structure piling on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 7.0mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Jupiter brief