On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the East Cape beaches for rooster, then Gordo if the blue water is in.

8 mph ENE · incoming

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 7.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait; this pass wants moving water.

11 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