On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

low

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

10 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 · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

9 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Tavernier Creek · 8.1channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief