fishing small tides - your advice please

[kieran]

Hi peeps

Expect to head out on St Patricks Day and its the smallest tide in ages.
Light winds from the east. Dry and bright. Has a blank written all over it!!!

What advice would people offer for fishing in these conditions: -

Should we head for deep water rocks marks or try the beaches?
Should we try the unnaturally warm mackerel laden (see recent reports!) shallows?
Do we fish the ebb?
Do we wait for the flood which is only starting around 7 pm, as its beginning to get dark?

What would you do (or are you going to do)?

[shortcircuit]

In Cork - what I should do is wait till the evening or night.

But of course because I'll be off all day and it will be a grand fine day: "shur why wouldn't I go out?"

I'll either sit at the beach watching the motionless rid tips or take out the lure gear "to have a look at those new lures got recently" Either one will result in a blank I wager !

I really need a boat !

[corbyeire]

definitely fish last hour of bright light, then into dusk and a few hours of darkness
spend time earlier in the day selecting out all the dodgy old bait in your freezer - its due a clean out surely - then ground bait the hell out of your chosen mark
spend time earlier checking out all the reels rigs etc. making sure everything is tip top
as your fishing record all the niggly stuff with the gear to repair for the next day
I wouldn't necessarily think the deeper water would be any advantage - make life easier for yourself and head to a beach - this will be a very relaxing, low intensity experience!!!
now when you blank as you are likely to do so at least it wont have been a total waste of time and you've done a bit of housekeeping
if you connect to some of those small turbots and flounder running around - bonus surely
also the old ST might be likely to appear

tight lines

[Tanglerat]

Pub.......

[JimC]

Boat....

[kieran]

A boat would be better however...

A pub is cheaper
Its easier to maintain
It does not require RNLI support and...
in a worst case scenario, you can walk home!

All that said, there are less fish in a pub...

When I report on a fine haul *coughs* ... we'll revisit this!

[patk]

Some places fish best on small tides

[chrisrawson0]

Lad was out last night fished a high tide out got 4 bass 5 coalies n a rockling happy days all on a beach in wexford

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[roryodonnell]

my advice would be travel light (spinning rod) and hit that new area you've always wanted to.

[barryh780]

Hi peeps

Expect to head out on St Patricks Day and its the smallest tide in ages.
Light winds from the east. Dry and bright. Has a blank written all over it!!!

What advice would people offer for fishing in these conditions: -

Should we head for deep water rocks marks or try the beaches?
Should we try the unnaturally warm mackerel laden (see recent reports!) shallows?
Do we fish the ebb?
Do we wait for the flood which is only starting around 7 pm, as its beginning to get dark?

What would you do (or are you going to do)?

Flounder love small tides too

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