I am curious about everyones opinion and ■■■■■■■■ on fishing King Tides. Last fall I scheduled a trip during the Oct KT by accident. I didn’t even know there was such a thing as a KT. It was really frustrating too since the ramps were closed for one day. However the next day was awesome with tailing reds everywhere at least along the Wando feeder creeks. Is this typical of all KT? And does a very high tide make it easier to find tailing reds? I caught two slot fish out of the many I saw (and spooked). These were my first tailing reds.
Separately the low tides appeared to be very low during the KT. I mention this for confirm too as I am really not sure since I only make it down several times per year. Thanks in advance for the ■■■■■■■■.
Never heard of a king tide. Im guessing its the same thing as a spring tide. Never heard of ramps closing due to tides, spring or not. Wasnt there a flood in october? Maybe the closures had more to do with that than the tide. My anectodal experience this year was that the bite was very good after the flood. Kind of counterintuitive, but it was good for me at least.
I’ve never heard it called a king tide but apparently that’s what it’s called in other parts of the globe. You typically hear people here talking about flood tides. That’s just the larger than normal tides on the full and new moons.
Yeah if a ramp was closed it was likely due to the extensive flooding we had last year.
A lady we rented a house from on Pawleys Island last year in the Fall called them King Tides. We were staying while it was happening. She had a calendar on the refrigerator that even had a little crown down on the right lower corner of the days it was to happen…
I had never heard the term either until then…
RBF
I’m classy 2% of the time…
And, I hope your Brother’s El Camino runs forever…
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
I thought a flood tide was the time when the tide was coming in, and the ebb tide was when it was going out…
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
Lol, I pictured you saying this as Dana Carvey’s angry old man character.
I reckon everybody’s terminology is different depending on where you were raised. To me a flood tide is incoming, an ebb tide is outgoing, and a spring tide is what you get on full and new moons. No matter if it’s spring or not.
I reckon everybody’s terminology is different depending on where you were raised. To me a flood tide is incoming, an ebb tide is outgoing, and a spring tide is what you get on full and new moons. No matter if it’s spring or not.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
Spot on.
Spring tides are the highest marks twice a month with neap tides being the lowest marks twice a month…
Different than a King Tide which typically happens twice a year…
RBF
I’m classy 2% of the time…
And, I hope your Brother’s El Camino runs forever…
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
Ahh, it all makes sense now. Spring tide is to king tide as the crosstown is to Septima P. Clark Parkway.
King Tide is the new hipster verbage for a flood tide. Typically, people who don’t really understand what tides are except for when the crosstown and market flood, call them “King Tides”. The hipsters hole up during them at local craft breweries until the water recedes. Then they talk about King Tides, deceivers, chug bugs, and who has the best soft shell crabs. And of course, what craft beer to pair with the crabs, and spoon flies…
Ahh, it all makes sense now. Spring tide is to king tide as the crosstown is to Septima P. Clark Parkway.
I bet you scored higher than me on the SAT. T
at’s some top shelf logic right there.
My mom always asks me if its a King Tide now when the water is high because she heard it on the news during all that flooding of last year. I’d never heard of a King Tide either until that happened and people who don’t know anything about tides watched the news and got some cool new verbiage to use.
I reckon everybody’s terminology is different depending on where you were raised. To me a flood tide is incoming, an ebb tide is outgoing, and a spring tide is what you get on full and new moons. No matter if it’s spring or not.
Capt. Larry Teuton
Swamp Worshiper
This is my understanding of it too. I hadn't heard the King tide expression until last fall when the news people started using it. Next thing you know everyone is walking around saying 'King tide'. I was like what the heck? Of course it was during the fall so I think people would have been confused over the 'spring' reference but the time of year is not what the term refers to at all.
