On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, January 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

8.1OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

No wind reading · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.7channel gut on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.4sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Featherbed Bank · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Biscayne brief