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Post by Mynki on Nov 16, 2024 1:51:48 GMT -5
Simple question. Which do you think is the most productive when fishing and why?
Which have you had the best result with?
Does it make a difference to specific species? If so, which?
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Nov 16, 2024 3:24:24 GMT -5
Totally subjective .
BUT I do know, you have to fish where the fish are.
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Post by JS84 on Nov 18, 2024 8:10:17 GMT -5
This one has been a bit of a puzzle to me. I've heard anecdotally that incoming tides bring the bait in to the waiting predator fish but I've never seen considerable difference on incoming or outgoing myself.
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Post by richm on Nov 18, 2024 17:53:30 GMT -5
Depends what we are fishing for and where.
An intracoastal river system - outgoing every time for me.
Flats or Offshore doesn't matter to me.
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Post by JS84 on Nov 18, 2024 18:01:27 GMT -5
I agree tides are more of a concern with near shore and inshore fishing. Interesting observation regarding the flats though. Is it that flats tend to hold more food so hungry fish cruise them regardless of the tide?
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Post by anumber1 on Nov 18, 2024 18:22:57 GMT -5
Strong tides.
Hard running tides are more productive when they slack off..
Weak tides are more productive in the strongest part.
Jmho
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Post by JS84 on Nov 18, 2024 20:26:11 GMT -5
When you say a strong tide vs weak tide, are you referring to the volume of water?
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Post by lemaymiami on Nov 19, 2024 5:59:39 GMT -5
Basic stuff - the moon controls our tides (the wind modifies them). The full moon and the new moon each month have the strongest tides... the highest highs -the lowest lows. Quarter moon tides are the weakest with the smallest water movement from high to low. The volume of the water's movement is also what brings the food - not much water movement - not many feeding opportunities for fish that feed on what the water brings... The big tides (called "hill tides" by many anglers - for the graphs of each tide) are what I'm looking for when tarpon fishing. Those same tides aren't much fun for flats anglers since the strong tides move the water up onto flats very quickly and that sight-fishing "window" is very brief. For those of us that fish mangrove shorelines one moment there's not enough water along the shoreline to hold fish - in a brief time things are right- then the higher tides allow fish to move back into the mangroves - and out of reach... One other minor point to remember is that each year we get our highest high tides in summer and early fall - and our lowest lows each winter.
In the backcountry where you'll find me most days when I'm booked great fishing spots are hardly ever good on both tides - it will be either an incoming spot or an outgoing spot, period. The fish move to where they have the best feeding opportunities - always - with rare exceptions.. In many of the areas we fish, the wind each day can be stronger than the tides and this further complicates matters. In the Ten Thousand Islands area for instance a low tide combined with a cold front's strong northerly winds - can push the tide out so far - that you can't even launch your skiff at most ramps - until the waters come back in... and so it goes.
Simple question? No, not at all... and I haven't even mentioned blue waters offshore..
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Post by mackeralsnatcher on Nov 19, 2024 7:09:58 GMT -5
Good job Captain Bob, I believe that's exactly what the OP was looking for.
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