On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, January 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.6OF 10

Day

low

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.

25 mph SSE · 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

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

5.1OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

17 mph S · rain · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 4.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 4.8pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 4.8sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief