On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.6OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the falling ocean bank and Tavernier Creek; Pennekamp SPAs stay no-take.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 6.7channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Key Largo brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

5 mph NNE · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.8oyster 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