Ask any guide what matters most and you will get the same answer: the tide. Moving water moves bait, and bait moves fish. Here is the simple method we teach every guest, and it works on any coast, bay, or creek.
Fish the moving water
Slack tide is snack time — for you, not the fish. The last two hours of the rise and the first two of the fall concentrate bait at creek mouths, points, and bridge pilings. Plan your day around movement and you will fish half the hours and catch twice as much.
Read the edges
Bait hides where fast water meets slow water: the seam behind a piling, the eddy below a point, the grass line where the flat drops off. Cast up-current and let your bait sweep naturally along the edge. If it looks "fishy," a predator already thinks so.
Match the stage of the tide
Low water stacks fish in holes and channels — dredge them slowly. High water spreads fish across flooded grass — go shallow and quiet. Write down what worked at each stage and within a season you will have your own tide book for your home water.
Let the chart pick your date
When you book with us, tell us the species and we will pick the tide before we pick the time. It is the simplest advantage in fishing, and it is free with every trip.