On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Friday, June 23. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

6.0OF 10

Day

low

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

15 mph NE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 6.8mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 6.8mangrove edge on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • First National Bank · 5.0hard flat on an outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Flamingo 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.

24 mph ESE · low slack

Where

  • St François flats · 6.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 5.5hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Alphonse brief