On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, February 9. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Farquhar

Farquhar Atoll

8.2OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the lagoon sand, then the passes if the GT are up.

No wind reading · incoming

Where

  • Farquhar lagoon · 8.4hard flat on an incoming tide is a classic match.
  • Farquhar passes · 8.1pass jetty on an incoming tide is a classic match.
Open the Farquhar brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

7.4OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — wind and color decide; slack here is a look, not a grind.

11 mph SE · high slack

Where

  • Snake Bight · 6.8grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • First National Bank · 6.4hard flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 5.9mangrove edge on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief