On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 7. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally are the hunt — wait for the next inch — this atoll empties.

Wind not in · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.3hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

8.4OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the same banks as they empty; the harbor holds the tarpon.

Wind not in · outgoing

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Culebra banks · 7.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 7.0channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Vieques brief