On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.6OF 10

Day

low

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

7 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.4sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.3wreck edge on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.1grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

8 mph NNE · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.7pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief