They’re smart and will use moving water to their advantage. Larger fish are not going to waste their energy roaming around trying to find food. Here’s how I use our tides to my advantage and increase my catches, both in-shore and off the beach.įalling Tide: Redfish, Flounder, and Trout will stage up knowing that when the tide falls, it will flush smaller fish (ie: shrimp, minnows, finger mullet, etc.) out of the creeks and flooded grasses to them for an easy meal. As a matter of fact, falling tide happens to be my most rewarding. It moves bait around, alters water levels among structures which will provide larger fish an ambush point, and brings in salty, clean water to flush the diluted, tanin-stained inshore creeks and rivers to keep them an ideal brackish habitat. Moving water (incoming or falling tides) is beneficial for feeding fish. Then the water will be slowly pulled back out of the rivers, marshes, inlets and back offshore for the next 5 hours or so before the cycle repeats. About an hour of slack occurs at the top, and bottom, of each tide. For about 5 hours the water comes in through the Inlets, fills in the marshes, rivers, etc and reaches its highest level. Our tides usually add or subtract about 4’ to our regular water levels, wind and moon phase of course altering that number a little. They are about 6 hours apart and a little later each day than the previous. In North Carolina we have 2 high and 2 low tidal flows each day. Tides are created by the forces of the moon, sun, and rotation of the Earth. Tide stage is often overlooked by many people, but it’s utilized daily for those of us looking to put fish in the boat for dinner! Go ahead and admit it, we’ve all used a few of those at one time or another (myself included)!ĭon’t throw your rod in the water just yet, simply check the tide tables before you leave on your next trip. “Current is too strong”, “bait was scarce”, “water was too hot”, “should’ve been here yesterday”, etc. We’ve all seen the t-shirts, mugs, and social media memes listing fishermen’s excuses for not catching fish.
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