On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, December 31. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the next push under the bridges.

5 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.4sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 5.3grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 5.0channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

8.0OF 10

Day

medium

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

4 mph NE · incoming

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.4pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.8pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief