On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, May 13. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

5.0OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph ENE · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 5.7grass flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.6mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

9.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

11 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 9.0pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.4pass jetty on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief