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

6.1OF 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 · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.1hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

7.1OF 10

Today

high

Mangrove / gray snapper are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt. Heat is the clock — first light or last light.

3 mph S · 1% rain · high slack

Where

  • FL - Pine Island Sound via Matlacha · 6.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.2sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief