On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, October 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

8 mph NNE · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — the inlet jetties and the river mouth on the dump.

7 mph ESE · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.1mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 7.8structure piling on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief