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The Saturday Letter · Vol. 1 · No. 34

Week of the water

August 17 – August 23, 2026 · August fundamentals · Seychelles · 1 of 1 desk · this week’s desks

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This week on your coast

Alphonse

6.5

Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Still the windy half. Plan Mahé or wait for October.

This edition is Seychelles only — Seychelles. Coasts you did not elect stay off this letter. Scores are 1–10. They are not bite guarantees. Read this month’s seasonal fundamentals.

Seychelles

This week

Seychelles desk

Alphonse

GT country

6.5OF 10

Today

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Giant trevally should be the day — flood St François and the lagoon — bones first, then a GT on the rim. Work the leeward shore — fly gets harder.

Still the windy half. Plan Mahé or wait for October.

Water.
22 mph SE · 9% rain
Tide.
incoming
Moon.
Waxing gibbous · mid
Window.
Incoming water — Moving water in the right part of the day.
6.6Permit6.6Giant trevally

— Tide is incoming (modeled — no NOAA gauge on this water).

— Overcast. Clouds steal the window on bones and permit.

Open the Alphonse brief

Box score · August

In peak this month

No primary species is marked peak this month. Check present fish on the season page.

Noise, not the headline: Great barracuda.

Regs citedSeychelles Fishing Authority · current SFA license and harvest · rolls in 8 days. Outer atolls are lodge water. Giant trevally lives here. Not on Texas. Not in Puerto Rico.