On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

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

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SSE · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.7hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

6.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — wait for the flood; these fish have seen the catalog.

11 mph SSE · low slack

Where

  • Card Sound / Jewfish Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Tavernier Creek · 5.7channel gut on a low slack tide is a workable match.
  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Key Largo brief