Is fishing better at low tide or high tide?

Answer 1

High Tide & Low Tide are both considered "slack tide". Your best fishing will usually come in "between" high and low.

If you are surf-fishing a "higher tide" would be best.

When you are fishing saltwater creeks your best "times" would be : slowly work your way ,(using a trolling motor), toward the back of the creek starting around "mid-tide". When it, (the tide), "turns",(from dead-low/beggining to start "high-tide") ,you slowly work your way "out". In other words, you fish the tide going "out", wait til it changes, and work it coming "in". If you use this method, you won't "spook" fish who are flooding in with the High Tide.

There are areas offshore that DO produce better on certain tides.

Generally, you never want to fish when it's dead High or dead Low, because those tides are "slack", or without current.

Hope this helped?

Answer 2

Best Tide To Fish

Answer 3

There is no absolute right or wrong because there are many other factors that also contribute to a successful day on the water.
I do however agree that Tidal flow is very important. It often determines where the fish will be holding in relationship to underwater structure. Larger fish will often hold in an area of slack water behind a bridge piling, rock pile or shipwreck. By position themselves there they can then take advantage of small prey that get swept by in the current and expend less energy in doing so. Some fish such as Stripers love moving water. That being said fishing is best when your having a great time! :)

Answer 4

it really depends on the spot if it's shore break it tends to be better at low tide and horrible at super high tides in most spots. point break tends to be better at high tide and not so much at low. of course how drastic of a tide it is will play a factor. sometimes at super high tide or super low tide new spots will form you just half to find them.

Answer 5

It is the flow of the tide u fish incoming or out going then fish the area's that fish hold for the bait fish.
Out going - fish the outside edges of eddies that form out from the jetties - fish the outer(down current) currents breaks of bridges or bars - find pockets of deeper water that hold prey and you will find big fish!
Incoming work currents flows just as stated for out going but work down current side - also fish the mouth of jetty for fish stacked up waiting for the tide change to bring in the prey fish.
This is a small version of what to do and what to look for cuz there is much more to it that what I wrote but this is a start!Good luck!

Answer 6

Looks like in between tides may be best

Answer 7

Incoming tide will give you the best fishing action along most coastlines. I used the tides to fish for redfish along the Southeast coast. Big reds root throughout the grass lines during high tide for grass shrimp and fiddler crabs. 40yr experience

Answer 8

I personally have caught on high and low tides and have not really worried!

Answer 9

I go with high tide but as you guys mentioned fish must be in the area in the first plae

Answer 10

If you fishing in the bay or an estuary you need to have moving tide for the best results.