On This Water

Stay or drive

Two desks, one day

Saturday, December 25. Same method. Same 1–10. Pick the water, not the drive you already decided.

Left desk

seychelles · Mahé

Inner islands / Mahé

7.1OF 10

Day

low

Giant trevally should be the day — Ste Anne and the inner edges — a GT, not the Alphonse photograph.

10 mph SSE · incoming

Where

  • Ste Anne Marine Park · 6.7sand dropoff on an incoming tide is a workable match.
Open the Mahé brief

Right desk

florida · Flamingo

Florida Bay / Flamingo

4.8OF 10

Day

medium

Redfish are the hunt — sit the remaining guts until the bay breathes. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

29 mph E · rain · low slack

Where

  • Flamingo basins / Buttonwood · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • FL - Florida Bay (Flamingo) · 4.7mangrove edge on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
  • First National Bank · 4.0hard flat on a low slack tide is a secondary match.
Open the Flamingo brief