On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, August 5. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

4 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef 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

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack on a border estuary is a pause, not a hunt.

4 mph WSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 6.4marsh drain on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief