On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 8. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

6.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 7.3hard flat on a incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

texas · Sabine

Sabine Lake

7.0OF 10

Day

low

Redfish are the hunt — wait for the next dump off the marsh.

9 mph N · low slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Texas Point / Sabine Pass · 6.5pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Sabine Bank · 6.4pass jetty on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Keith Lake Cut · 5.8marsh drain on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Sabine brief