On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 6. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

7.9OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

12 mph ESE · 37% rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 6.8channel gut on a incoming tide is a workable match.
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Right desk

louisiana · Calcasieu

Calcasieu / Cameron

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — lake guts and the ship-channel edges until it turns.

12 mph S · rain · low slack

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

Where

  • Calcasieu Pass · 6.9pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Calcasieu Lake reefs · 6.6oyster reef on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cameron jetties · 6.3pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Calcasieu brief