On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Wednesday, December 30. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.4OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — the same reef edges, then the drop if you came to troll. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

18 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

florida · Biscayne

Miami / Biscayne Bay

6.8OF 10

Day

medium

Bonefish should be the day — the ocean banks as they empty; these fish are educated and the window is short.

8 mph SE · outgoing

Where

  • Cape Florida Channel · 7.4channel gut on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • Stiltsville / Cape Florida edge · 7.1sand dropoff on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
  • West-side mangroves · 6.7mangrove edge on a outgoing tide is a classic match.
Open the Biscayne brief