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Tides
Jan 16, 2019 16:42:00 GMT -5
Post by Gbru on Jan 16, 2019 16:42:00 GMT -5
For most of the late summer season, you want to fish the last two hours of the incoming tide, the high flood tide itself, and the first hour of the outgoing tide. The largest flounder will be taken when the tide is just barely moving. When the water temperatures start to drop in the later part of October and the beginning of November, the low tide can be productive, as the water temperatures are warmer then. One hour either side of low tide will catch you some late season flounder. Actually, the incoming tide is probably the best, the time frame between low and high. A lot depends on the beach that you are fishing. At low tide, you can sometimes walk through a shallower trough and walk out on the outer bar, and cast into deeper water. As the tide gets higher, come back to the shore, and fish in the trough.
Tide is not as important in the surf as it is in the bay. The best tide is usually an incoming tide, high tide, and the beginning of the outgoing tide. Surf fishing is also good at dawn until 10 A.M. and again from 4 P.M. until dusk. A little east wind usually brings better surf fishing than a west wind as well. My philosophy on surf fishing is this: "Don't wait for a certain tide, just go when you can, and go when it is nice! You never know when the weather is going to change, especially in the spring and fall."
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