On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, August 6. 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

low

Permit should be the day — Seven Mile current and the oceanside patches — permit and tarpon, not a bonefish morning.

12 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.3sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 7.9wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 7.7grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.5OF 10

Day

low

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

6 mph WSW · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 7.7oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief