On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, January 15. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — look, do not wade a high-slack school across lodge water.

No wind reading · high slack

Where

  • St François flats · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.1hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Parguera

La Parguera / southwest

6.4OF 10

Day

medium

Snook are in the mix — flood the mangrove cays — snook first, a tarpon in the darker mouths.

2 mph N · incoming

Where

  • Magueyes Island · 6.5structure piling on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Parguera mangrove cays · 6.0mangrove edge on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Parguera brief