On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Thursday, April 16. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

8.6OF 10

Day

low

Redfish should be the day — the drains and the colored water west of Flamingo.

10 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 8.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Snake Bight · 6.2grass flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.4OF 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.

20 mph SE · incoming

Where

  • St François flats · 7.9hard 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