On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 19. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

8.4OF 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 · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Permit are the hunt — wait for the flood; Islamorada does not forgive a low-slack cast.

8 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 7.2sand dropoff on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Islamorada brief