On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; this pass wants moving water.

10 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.5OF 10

Day

medium

Snook should be the day — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

8 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

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