On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Galveston

Galveston Bay

8.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish should be the day — fish the wind-blown shoreline — the table is not the tide here.

2 mph S · outgoing

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Galveston North Jetty · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Trinity Bay shoreline · 9.0marsh drain on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Bolivar Roads Channel · 9.0pass jetty on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Galveston brief