On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

5.4OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

10 mph ESE · rain · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.1channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.2OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — wait; this pass wants moving water.

6 mph SSE · 16% rain · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.5oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.2pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief