On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Sunday, May 3. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

florida · Islamorada

Islamorada / Matecumbe

6.7OF 10

Day

medium

Permit should be the day — run or rest — slack on this water is not a hunt.

17 mph ESE · high slack

Where

  • FL - Long Key State Park (Keys) · 6.9sand dropoff on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel 2 / Channel 5 · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
  • Channel Five · 6.4channel gut on a high slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Islamorada brief

Right desk

seychelles · Alphonse

Alphonse / St François

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same sand as it empties; the GT still owns the edge. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

19 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • St François flats · 7.2hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
  • Alphonse lagoon · 6.7hard flat on a outgoing tide is a workable match.
Open the Alphonse brief