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Originally Posted by rirockhound  yup... but not slack tide...  |
Sorry for the highjack just want to shed a little light on this.
Slack tide is a great time to have your eel in the water. Some places shine at slack tide. Think musical chairs, the bass are now jockeying or moving and changing their postions in the water. The change in tides along with current influences movement in fish. Sometimes the change and movement may be subtle espeacially if they are keyed in on something or more dramatic. Even baitfish make these adjustments. We learn spots to figure out at what stage of a tide do these places hold fish and become productive but what about the things that make fish transient. Movement could be to the other side of a point, partially around a cove, the opposing side of a reef, large boulder or other structure, to breaks and openings in jettys, down the beach into a cut, out of a cut, to the 2nd bar etc.... The point is it's a good time to be effectively working the water with your offering. The way I see it is a spot should be fished for between 20-40 minutes without activity before moving on to somewhere else, however if I'm at a spot and nothing has been happening as far as activity and the tide is about to change I'm sticking around a little longer. Food for thought and my 2 cents.