On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

13 mph E · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 7.2channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 7.2channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.8OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph SW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.2oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.4pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief