On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 22. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph SSE · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

7.8OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — do not grind a Key Largo slack — the park traffic already did.

11 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.2channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief