On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, April 18. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.9OF 10

Day

low

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

Wind not in · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 9.0hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 8.4hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

5 mph ENE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 7.5grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 7.2mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief