On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

this morning. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.7OF 10

Today

medium

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 mph SE · 0% rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.6hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Matagorda

Matagorda Bay

8.1OF 10

Today

high

Redfish are the hunt — work East Matagorda reefs and the ICW exchange — there is almost no Gulf inlet. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

16 mph S · 0% rain · incoming

-0.25 ft

Observed minus predicted. On this coast the wind often is the tide.

Where

  • Port O'Connor jetties · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Matagorda Ship Channel · 9.3pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Matagorda brief