On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

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

6 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty 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

mexico · La Paz

La Paz / Espíritu Santo

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — hold for the next push around the island.

10 mph N · low slack

Where

  • Espíritu Santo · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the La Paz brief