On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

texas · LLM

Lower Laguna Madre

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — get in the remaining water; this is a sight fishery, not a drain.

13 mph SSE · low slack

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

Where

  • TX - South Padre north of Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • South Padre - north of Beach Access 6 · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Mansfield Cut · 6.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the LLM brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — flood Calcasieu Lake shell, then the pass if the wind lets water in.

12 mph SSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.6oyster reef on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief