On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 21. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

5.7OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll.

18 mph SE · rain · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.0sand dropoff on an outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

texas · Rockport

Aransas / Copano / Redfish

6.9OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — pole the remaining water; slack here is short.

9 mph SE · high slack

No live gauge this hour — the printed tide is the forecast.

Where

  • Copano Bay reefs · 7.8oyster reef on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Army Hole, Matagorda Island WMA · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
  • TX - Pringle Lake (boat-in via POC) · 7.1grass flat on a high slack tide is a workable match.
Open the Rockport brief