On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

4.5OF 10

Day

medium

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

10 mph N · thunderstorms · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 5.4oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.2pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are the hunt — the village run is legal; the trees want current.

13 mph E · rain · high slack

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.6structure piling on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Parguera brief