What’s your favorite tide to fish (dead high, dead low, incoming, outgoing) and why?
A 5.8 tide and chasing reds in the short grass with a long rod… best fishing in Charleston
Dats a big en. Depends on what time of year, where ya are and what ya after,how ya wanna fish,what kinda bait, on the bank’or in a boat.After 57 yrs, I think the best time to go is every time you are blessed with the opportunity to be in the marsh,beach,river or ocean. Sounds kinda vague,but I beleive fishing or being on the water does not take time out of your life but adds to it.Keep your line wet.
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Lets say…late spring/early summer in a boat chasing reds and trout using artificials(I love catching’em on topwater).
In that case, any tide as long as its dawn or dusk or overcast
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This time of year I like two different scenarios. I like a big high tide in the middle of the day so that I can get up in the grass and sight fish for tailing reds.
I also like the lower end of the tide, the water is dirty this time of year so it can be tough to see the fish, but when you can find them they are normally pretty aggressive.
The hardest tide for me is a mid incoming… I tend to see fish just cruising looking for a way into the grass and they are not very interested in eating.
Any suggestions on what I am missing???
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Dead low. Lower than low. A -1.2 in August at 1 in the afternoon. Too hot and too low for everybody else. I’ve had some of my best days in conditions like that. Two throws of the net, three dozen finger mullet, three dozen shrimp, three dozen menhaden… Go fish.
Any tide is a good tide. Go when you can go. Fish feed on cycles around the clock and they are always feeding somewhere, Just got to be at the right spot at the right time. Never let the tide keep you on the couch.
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After 57 yrs, I think the best time to go is every time you are blessed with the opportunity to be in the marsh,beach,river or ocean. Sounds kinda vague,but I believe fishing or being on the water does not take time out of your life but adds to it.Keep your line wet.
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One thing I learned recently is if you have a feeder creek that you know holds fish but goes dry at low tide, as the water comes back up reds will stack up at the entrance. A Carolina rig at the entrance can be deadly in this situation. It seems pretty obvious to me now, but I didn’t really think about it before.
I like a low tide incoming for poling, and a higher tide for trolling. If the water isn’t moving, the fish are usually sitting still and not feeding.
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Originally posted by 23SailfishA 5.8 tide and chasing reds in the short grass with a long rod… best fishing in Charleston
I can’t top the advice already given, but if I’m fishing the main banks of the larger creeks and rivers, I prefer getting there at high tide and fishing as it drops, hanging out around the weedline. One of the few actual skills I have regarding fishing is the ability to drop a jig in between two blades of grass. Putting fish in the boat, not so much.
If I’m going after anything I need live bait for, though, I prefer to get there at dead low, spend the first hour chasing bait (or first 5 minutes of the bait is easy enough to find).
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I really do much better on an outgoing tide outside the mouths of feeder creeks and pinch points where the prey falls through/out and into bigger water.
Works on the beach also.
Scout at low.
Work high to low, works best for me.
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Originally posted by HoofArdedas the water comes back up reds will stack up at the entrance. A Carolina rig at the entrance can be deadly in this situation. It seems pretty obvious to me now, but I didn’t really think about it before.
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btw. that flood tide last night suuuuuckkked. came in fast, hard, muddy, & windy.
either a 6.2 at 8am or a 1.0 low at the same time. In both scenarios fish will be crawling around at dawn if there’s good conditions.
Tide last night was big and windy for sure, just have to have the right areas for different heights.
Outgoing in the morning for trout! They stack up on creek inlets and wait for bait to pour out.
Dead low for reds. Its alot easier when you can see them!!!
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My absolute favorite is dead low in the summer for big reds. Summertime outgoing tide can be great for flounder
In the winter a low for reds, and incoming high for sheepshead.
Fall it don’t mtter fish are everywhere.
Spring is really two seasons early and late, early fish can be hard to pattern but worth it, late spring/early summer the fish transition and the waters truly become alive!
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