On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, October 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish are the hunt — walk the wash or run the banks.

9 mph E · low slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 6.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

13 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.1oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief