On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 17. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

bahamas · Andros

Andros

8.5OF 10

Day

low

Bonefish should be the day — the creek mouths and the bights; tarpon live in the darker water.

4 mph NE · outgoing

Where

  • Bights and creeks · 7.5creek bight on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West side white sand · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • East side ocean cays · 7.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Andros brief

Right desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.3OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

22 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief