On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, September 20. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

mexico · East Cape

East Cape / Los Barriles

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Roosterfish should be the day — the beach still fishes; the bank wants a troll.

4 mph NNW · high slack

Where

  • East Cape beaches · 5.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the East Cape brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

5.8OF 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 · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 4.9hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief