On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

florida · Jupiter

Jupiter / Loxahatchee

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Tarpon are the hunt — hold for the next incoming through the jetties.

12 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • Juno Beach Pier · 6.2structure piling on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Jupiter Inlet · 6.0pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Loxahatchee mouth · 5.8mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Jupiter brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

10 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.9oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief