On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, January 2. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.9OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge.

18 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Baffin

Upper Laguna / Baffin

7.7OF 10

Day

low

Speckled trout are the hunt — look, do not grind — this water is clear and they see you.

11 mph SE · high slack

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

Where

  • Baffin Bay rocks · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Nine Mile Hole · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Mustang Island SP bayside launch · 7.5serpulid reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Baffin brief