On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, April 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

9.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

5.6OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — Marquesas and Harbor Key on a clean incoming — permit country. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · rain · incoming

Where

  • Marquesas · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 6.5hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Key West brief