On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

7 mph N · high slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.4mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Snake Bight · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

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

8 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief