On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, March 12. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

21 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

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.7OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — flood Snake Bight and the Flamingo banks — backcountry reds and snook, not oceanside bones.

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • Snake Bight · 8.4grass flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.3mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief