On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

Wind not in · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

12 mph E · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 7.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief