On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, February 4. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.9OF 10

Day

low

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

19 mph SE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief

Right desk

puerto-rico · Vieques

Vieques / Culebra

5.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the Esperanza and Culebra banks — bones and permit, not a San Juan tarpon sentence.

13 mph E · rain · incoming

Where

  • Esperanza banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Culebra banks · 6.1hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Isabel Segunda harbor · 4.9channel gut on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Vieques brief