On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes.

8 mph ENE · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 5.5mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

12 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster 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