On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

5 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.4mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

5 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief