On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, February 10. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — bayside basins until Vaca water turns.

8 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.5sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Vaca oceanside wrecks / patches · 6.4wreck 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 should be the day — the Cameron jetties and the pass — fall flounder water before the LDWF close.

10 mph SSW · outgoing

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 8.2oyster reef on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Cameron jetties · 7.4pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Calcasieu brief