On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

7.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

9 mph SSE · high slack

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

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 8.1oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 8.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief