On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, August 29. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

6.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — the town run is legal; the park wants current. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

9 mph SSW · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief