A subject most will have a personal opinion on. What state of the tide do you prefer to fish: over the high, over the low, a rising or falling tide. Does this vary with a targeted specie?
I have usually favoured a rising tide but then I have been surprised by doing well as the tide falls back. Local (Hawke's Bay) beaches can be unpredictable, so what state of the tide do you have the most confidence in?
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Posted by AndyG on 22/10/2012, 7:33 pm, in reply to "All Tide Up."
I prefer an incoming tide with the last 2 hours coinciding with the change of light.
But I've also had good success in places 3 hours into the outgoing tide... so who really knows.
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Posted by Yoey on 22/10/2012, 7:39 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
Me, I prefer to just hit the beach and worry about the tide after I have no fish about two hours later . I have caught some very good fish at dead low in the middle of the day. I do like a high on the change of evening light though. Doesn't mean I catch more fish it's just a nice time of the day.
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Posted by Phill on 22/10/2012, 7:46 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up." Tackle Tactics
I'm with you Yoey.
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Posted by racepics on 22/10/2012, 7:51 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
Posted by Chad on 22/10/2012, 8:06 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
I prefer the top or bottom of the tide, regardless of the time, thats generally when the fish will hit around here. I go fishing when ever I can, I take note of the tide, but im not fussed about it apart from access reasons.
In saying that, ive found BOP better over the low raising, places like surf beaches for me have always been better on the low. Fish like moki seem to bite better on the incoming, as do kahawai around mouths, which in turn effects kingfish.
But personally, its more the state of the water that dictates when and where. Fish like gurnard dont really care to much for the tide, but do bite better in cleaner calmer waters, same with fish like trevs..........
I caught 5 snapper on dead low the other day(middle of the day), that evening I caught a few more over the high, at the top of the tide.
One thing I do take note of though, is when you get a run of fish at a certain time of the tide, you will usually get the same result on the reverse of the tide. So I will usually wait for that.
Nice topic Wairoa Hawkesbay
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Posted by SNAPPA NAPIER on 23/10/2012, 7:38 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
Turn of the Tide either High or Low, and if it coincides with a light change even more the better
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Posted by PhilipDannevirke on 23/10/2012, 7:50 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
I've always prefered 2 hours either side of the change of tide especially coinciding with change of light. But there are so many other variab les like water quality, season, location etc. Any time on the water is good anyway!! My 2 cents worth. Tight lines, PhilipTight Lines, Philip Takapau
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Posted by Jase on 23/10/2012, 9:27 pm, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
Always found high tide is best on the west, and low tide is better on the east. Time of day has an affect for sure. I prefer dusk, but found fish prefer dawn through until just after the sun really hits the water......unless you fish Santoft, then any time seems to work. On that beach over the years I've seen big fish caught (15-20lb+) on more than one occasion in the middle of the day with a blazing sun and no cloud at all. Then, I've seen the same (although no 20lbers) after dark and right through the early am. All were on the incoming, or just after high into the outgoing.
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Posted by Rex HB on 24/10/2012, 10:05 am, in reply to "Re: All Tide Up."
A hard question to answer really. I have got most of my fish on a high incoming tide but I think it depends where you are. If I was fishing along Whirinaki it would on the incoming tide, 2 hrs each (well for me). But if I was fishing somewhere like Pourere beach as per the pics in another posting then it would depend on where. I would fish low tide in the middle of the beach which is a real surf beach and try and cast into deeper water and as the tide came in fish round the river mouth, rocks or the boat channel further down which are more high tide spots in my book. There are no right answers with fishing at times.
on 22/10/2012, 7:26 pm
