On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

3.6OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are in the mix — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

6 mph SE · thunderstorms · high slack

+0.29 ft

Observed minus predicted. Read the water, not just the printout.

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 3.5mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 3.2grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Today

medium

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

6 mph WNW · 14% rain · incoming

-0.47 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 9.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief