On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph NNE · 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 · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

8 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.7wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 7.2channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief