Attention fellow anglers

[FrontosaurusRex]

I caught a bug...to be more specific, I caught a saltwater bug. I am on the hunt for redfish, speckled trout and flounder but I dont know where to start. I need some information and any tips or advice you give is greatly appreciated.

First and foremost: where is your favorite place to fish? Pier, jetty, etc

When do you go? (morning, evening, weather, moon phase, tides, etc)

What bait or tackle do you use?

Thank you in advance for any info!!

[johnnymisty]

I like rollover pass they catch lots of reds there and flounder right now I like early morning around tide change....... Live bait is good either shrimp or finger mullet..... Or a lot of people use Berkley gulp chartreuse swimming mullet or pearl with chartreuse tail shrimp from what I've read and been told I'm gonna try it out Thursday when I go usually get there around 5-6am

[johnnymisty]

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The first bull red I caught there 44"

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[FrontosaurusRex]

When you say tide change, does that mean you like when the tide comes in or goes out? I assume in, but I have to ask. Thank you so much for the tips

[johnnymisty]

Either way but Ive always liked in coming tide.... I use 2coolfishing.com for tide charts

[moganman]

Tidal movement is more important than tidal change. If you have a low tide and you fish at the beginning of the incoming tide, there may not be much bait. It needs time to get pushed in with some conditions. Not all tidal changes take place in the early morning. In the coldest months of the year, I don't fish early too often because as a wade fisherman, the bigger trout and redfish stay somewhat deep until the sun heats the mud. During those times it is sometimes best to fish in the late afternoon and even at night since the sun has heated the water and the mud all day. Protides.com is the best. It gives times along with graphical display of water movement.

[FrontosaurusRex]

What constitutes a good tide? Im looking at protides.com and I might as well being reading spanish...

[johnnymisty]

What constitutes a good tide? Im looking at protides.com and I might as well being reading spanish...

That's the same thing I thought when I looked at it Tue first and only time

[danielp]

Take a look at www.tides4fishing.com

i prefer a rising tide.

[moganman]

Protides show the levels the water reach. It shoes exactly when the movement begins. The x axis has the time. It shows the slope. A good tide is one that has a strong slope either negative or positive.

[moganman]

Take a look here. The yellow shows the time of daylight. The negative slope slows a strong outgoing tide. Starts going out right after daylight. This is what Johnny was referring to. Early morning tide. Towards the end of the day the tide starts to come back in. If you look at the slope, at about 3-5pm it is pretty flat. That means its slack tide. Those are the worst fishing times. I personally prefer outgoing because that's when the bait is getting sucked out of the bays and marshes and thats when the fish ambush and feed. During slack tide nothing is happening tide wise which makes the baitfish and gamefish pretty lethargic.

[FrontosaurusRex]

Lots of good info. I've been doing some reading for the past few hours and what I've gathered is that moving water plus structure equals good fishing. (with some variables). So let's say the tide is going out around 6am...what time are the fish eating? Sorry if I sound dumb, but I really want to understand the how and why of this fishing thing...

[moganman]

I prefer the fishing the first hour and a half when a new tide begins and also the last hour to an hour and a half. The fish can sense the tide changes so they feed accordingly.

[johnnymisty]

Lots of good info. I've been doing some reading for the past few hours and what I've gathered is that moving water plus structure equals good fishing. (with some variables). So let's say the tide is going out around 6am...what time are the fish eating? Sorry if I sound dumb, but I really want to understand the how and why of this fishing thing...

Hey only way to learn and catch good fish is to ask and Heck it'll help me out as well

[danielp]

If you want a easy start go buy you some berkley gulp swimming mullet in white or chartruse green and some red and white plastics and go wade seawolf park during a rising tide starting about 1.5 hours before it peaks on the bay side (left side).

Flounder are starting to stack up down there.