On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.8OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

20 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

florida · Key West

Lower Keys / Key West

8.1OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — the oceanside wrecks and the falling contentment flats.

7 mph ENE · outgoing

Where

  • Marquesas · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Keys / Content Keys · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Harbor Key Bank · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Key West brief