On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, September 24. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.0OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

15 mph SSE · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.2hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Tarpon should be the day — the Pass — tarpon in the throat, then Gasparilla grass for reds and snook.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 8.1pass jetty on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 7.7sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Boca Grande brief