On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Tuesday, December 14. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Boca Grande

Boca Grande / Charlotte Harbor

6.6OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wait — slack in Boca Grande Pass is a boat parade, not a hunt.

3 mph SSW · high slack

Where

  • Gasparilla Sound · 5.9grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Boca Grande Pass · 5.7pass jetty on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Cayo Costa / Boca Grande side · 5.7sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Boca Grande brief

Right 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.

18 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