On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 26. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

5.7OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph NNW · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.2oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 4.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

11 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief