The Best Tides For Redfish, Snook, And Speckled Trout [Flats, Bays, & Creeks]
- By: Luke Simonds
- on April 24, 2018
Do you want to know the absolute best tides for redfish, snook, and trout are for the flats, bays, and creeks?
If yes, this video tutorial below will show you the #1 factor to keep in mind when planning your next inshore fishing trip.
Plus, you’ll learn about the two most common mistakes anglers make that significantly decreases their odds of success when it comes to fishing the different tides.
And as you’ll see towards the end of the video, there are some tactics that can be used to catch inshore slams (redfish, trout, snook, flounder) even when fishing “bad” stages of the tide cycle.
But even during those “bad” tidal stages, you can still have some great fish catching if you know how to roll together all of the various factors and put yourself at the right spot for the given conditions.
In fact, you’ll see a good slam (redfish, snook, and trout) caught during the exact tide period shown above in the tide tutorial video below.
Please watch the entire video on reading tide charts and don’t hesitate to ask me any questions in the comment area below.
Click the play button below now.
Best Tides For Redfish, Snook, & Trout (VIDEO)
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Conclusion
Were you shocked by the answer for the best tide?
We’d be doing you a disservice if we said tides weren’t critical.
In fact, it is essential for all saltwater anglers to know how to effectively read a tide chart because tidal cycles play such a big role in the feeding activity of redfish, snook, and trout.
However… make sure to not just focus on the tide height because the current is an EXTREMELY important factor to consider.
In order to get consistently good at catching quality inshore fish (redfish, trout, snook, flounder, etc.), you’ll have to get good at predicting where the top feeding zones will be based on multiple important factors such as:
- Tides/Currents
- Season
- Wind direction/speed
- Water temperature
- Cloud cover
- Water clarity
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is the charts showing incoming and outgoing left to right?
This type of graph shows the water levels throughout the day. So it’s technically an Incoming tide as the line is going up, and an outgoing tide as the line is going down when looking from left to right at any given time.
I have a 30’ boat with twin engines and heading to backwaters is challenging. Would the same tide advise work for structure outside in the Gulf?
Yes, the same tide advice works for nearshore fishing too.
Please look at the Tide Charts for Destin for the next 2 Weeks.
None of these days resemble Anything Near what your Charts show in general.
The entire Gulf coast can have odd series in which there is only 1 high and 1 low in a 24 hour period. The fish still have to eat, so don’t skip those days simply because the current flow is not going to be very strong.
I have audio, but the video is not there.
Is there a video of showing us how to read the strike and feeding chart as well? Maybe I’m over looking it, Thanks and Tight lines Salt Strong Family!
Those charts are pretty basic and should just be used for general information… the Strike score is a full day ranking of the likelihood for the fish to be feeding based on the weather and tides.
And the Feeding chart is an hourly score based on the detailed hourly forecasts (column heights show the relative level compared to the others… colors just help to see changing column sizes).
Looking at tide chart for Friday showed best feeling time is morning in coming tide but the out going tide has steeper angle ,thought I watch one of the courses say the steeper the angle the better time for feeding is that right
Although the tides are important, we need to make sure to factor in other things like time of day and the weather. For example, I’d rather be fishing a bad tide right when the sun is coming up than a great tide in the middle of the day when fishing the flats this time of the year given how good the feed generally is during the twilight periods.
Could you do a video on the feeding level chart please? I am guessing that the green is best feeding times what is the dark blue bars don’t seem to match with the tide chart though on the steepest falling tides example 13th of June thanks D Baxter
The colors don’t mean anything in particular… just to try to help differentiate the height of the bar that represents the projected feeding level each hour.
Im going to panama city beach for the first time and want to catch a redfish off the mb Miller pier for the first time…what tod/reel/line/bait/ and most importantly rigs would you use? Thanks
For redfish, it’s tough to beat soaking half (or quarter) of a blue crab on the bottom. Here’s a link to a lesson about that: https://www.saltstrong.com/fishing-tip/how-to-rig-blue-crab/
I’m still not too clear on how to read these charts. I’ve watched the videos a couple of times, but for some reason, it’s not clicking in my little pea brain lol. Any assistance would be gladly appreciated.
This lesson explains it all in more detail: https://www.saltstrong.com/spotsmastery/bonus-material/understanding-tide-currents/
Any tips on finding redish in the indian river?
Of course… we reveal the type of spots that redfish can be found in that area every week in the weekend game plan lessons: https://www.saltstrong.com/article_categories/smart-fishing-game-plans/
Plus, the real time Insider Reports will show examples of exactly what tactics are working best to get results.
Also, you can see reports from members in that area by checking out the Brevard page linked here: https://community.saltstrong.com/index.php?region=11-Brevard-County-FL