On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, May 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.3OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the same wash — rooster faces the tide.

3 mph NW · outgoing

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.7OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph WSW · rain · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.4oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief