On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

11 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.0channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 5.7wreck edge on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.9OF 10

Day

medium

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

7 mph SSW · high slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.6pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.9pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief