On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, April 15. 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.

8 mph SE · 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.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.9oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

8.7OF 10

Day

low

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

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Jupiter Inlet · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 8.4mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Juno Beach Pier · 8.1structure piling on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Jupiter brief