On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, September 1. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

4.8OF 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.

25 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.0hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Key Largo

Key Largo / Pennekamp

4.6OF 10

Day

low

Permit should be the day — oceanside banks off Garden Cove and Rodriguez Key — bones and permit, then Card Sound if you want current.

10 mph E · thunderstorms · incoming

Where

  • Garden Cove / Pennekamp oceanside · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Rodriguez Key / Mosquito Bank · 5.2hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Blackwater Sound · 5.2mangrove edge on a incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Key Largo brief