On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Monday, August 28. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Marathon

Middle Keys / Marathon

7.3OF 10

Day

medium

Permit are the hunt — wait for the next push under the bridges.

7 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Marathon bayside basins · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Seven Mile Bridge current · 6.6channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Marathon brief

Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.1OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

8 mph S · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.8oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cameron jetties · 5.8pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief