On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.3OF 10

Day

low

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

8 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish are the hunt — look, do not grind a high-slack school into the reserve.

12 mph E · high slack

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 5.7channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Vieques brief