On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.2OF 10

Day

low

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

19 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard 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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — oceanside permit and bones, or Channel 5 current — not a Texas marsh sentence.

17 mph ESE · incoming

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 8.0sand dropoff on a incoming tide is a workable match.
  • Islamorada oceanside flats · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Tea Table / Indian Key fills · 6.7hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Islamorada brief