On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, September 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

8 mph S · 23% rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.3OF 10

Day

medium

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

11 mph E · 42% rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief