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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I can not play your video. It’s happened before
I rebooted my phone it works now… thanks for the great tide info
By just looking at the Tidal charts how do I know what incoming tide and whats out goin tide ?
The easiest way is to look at the tide charts as shown above so that you can see the curve of the tide level… as it is going up, the tide is coming in. And when that line is sloping down, the tide is going out.
How applicable is this information for fishing the Atlantic coast? I surf fish in the northern Outer Banks of North Carolina (Duck, NC). I am not finding much information for surf fishing, but plan to try a lot of what I am finding in surf fishing to see how it works.
The same premise holds true for surf fishing as it does for fishing in the bays… the ideal time to fish is during the twilight hours (sunrise & sunset) as well as when the current is moving (steepest slope on a tide chart graph).
I really enjoy fishing at sunrise. It is a really peaceful and quiet time to be on the beach. Not only is the fishing usually pretty good, but a lot of the time I get to see incredible sunrises. I will be there in a few weeks and am anxious to see how your Smart Fishing Tides Chart works.
What is the significance of colors in the feeding times (green, blue)?
Hey Bill, my apologies for taking so long to reply to your question… I somehow missed it when it came in.
The different colors are just to help identify the different levels.
So which is Good, Better & Best? I colors are levels, what about the height of the columns>
I’m assuming that you’re referring to our Smart Fishing Tides platform which shows hourly feeding projections… if so, the green is the best followed by blue, and the height of the column represents the feeding level for that time slot based on our calculations. Here’s a link to see an example: https://www.smartfishingtides.com/Florida/Placida-Gasparilla-Sound-tides/8725667-tides
But if you’re referring to the tide charts shown in this post, then the green and blue colorations are just to show a rising vs. falling tide level (does not directly show feeding times/scores.
1st paragraph of your answer addresses my question. So dark green is better than light green, then dark blue and finally light blue, each predicting more feeding or less feeding. I take the colors are relative. The height of the columns goes from 0 to 5 to 10. What metric is that? Thanks for your help!
The color changes are simply there to show a change in the height of the columns (there wasn’t much thought put into the specific colors used).
The column heights can be anywhere from 0 (terrible fishing) to 10 (amazing fishing), and everything in between shows a relative measure of what the feeding will likely be for each hour within those two limits. The hourly projections are only as accurate as the weather forecasts (which quite often changes), so don’t worry about trying to time your trips perfectly for a 7.5 vs. a 7.3. This is best used as a general guide to highlight which times the bite will most likely be best and which time ranges will likely have a slow bite in case you have a flexible schedule to plan your trip around.
You mention some preferences that change based on season and a course that covers that…what course is that? Thanks
Details are in the Finding Spots Mastery course (https://www.saltstrong.com/spotsmastery/spots-mastery/welcome/)… the “Best Water Temp” lesson in particular.
Good video with lots of why’s answered for all. Now that it is starting to cool off a little, I see fishing has really picked up lots in the Placida area. Thanks for all your help!
Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment Thomas! I’m staying in Placida for the next few weeks, so hope to see you out on the water.
Hoping to be going out next Monday and Tuesday. Not sure though if we are taking the flats boat out or going offshore yet. We wanted to get out to the box cars and see what we can catch.
Great presentation!
Thanks Fred!
Wow thanks guys!
Our pleasure Caleb! Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment.
Great video. Very helpful.
Thanks Jamal!
Great video about tides and current. I will put tem to work this week. Just have to find some days where the wind is not too strong.
Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment Joseph!
I fished the other day just after a cold front blew through dropping temps. I was targeting flounder coming out of the marshes due to the cold, but when I got to my targeted area, the incoming tide was “ripping” at 8-10 knots, pushing me down the bank way too fast. My bait was moving too fast too, so I eased into a small inlet and caught a couple of nice flounder. I guess they look for refuge from the current too.
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Luke, where do you get the tide charts in a graph form. do you have the website? In South Texas I can find a number of tide charts but they are all numerical charts. I would really like to get the graph form,
The app I use for these tide charts is called AyeTides. It is a fantastic app. The only problem is that it’s only available for apple products. Here’s a link to learn more about it: https://www.hahnsoftware.com/ayetides/
Thank you so much Luke your awesome yes I was able to watch it on you tube great video yea I think that slow tide you were talking about was a beginning of a slack tide so to speak but of coarse you still got bit you lucky young smart devil you I love you man you love that crazy dog as much as I love mine so damn funny i also got a tip buy a copy of the florida sportsmans fishing planner it has great tips all over florida for each month and its a fishing planner so you can record your catch and days activities also it has a tide chart for each month and its shown in the graphic style you were demonstrating in your video very convienant and worth the 20 bucks thanks again for all what you guys do your all awesome????
Thanks for making time to leave the nice comment Steven!
Very strange luke tried to watch the video but it says my browser doesnt recognize any of the videos wich is bull because i have watched many and this is the first one i have had problems with no other ones said that and i was easily able to watch every one but this one
That’s very odd… it’s actually hosted in YouTube so not sure why it is not working for you. Perhaps try to view it directly from YouTube here: https://youtu.be/utcyO5B4mK4
Great video on tides and current Luke! Thanks! #Salt Strong ????
Thanks Bill!
Lol. Great video. Otis is da Man. He was chill at the Christmas party. Maybe he needs a brewsky from the insider glass to relax.
Haha! I guess you didn’t see Otis when he entered the Christmas party because he went wild and ended up knocking over a box of small gadgets that went all over the floor and about knocked over two people as well… I’m relieved that he finally calmed down towards the end.
Dang. I missed that part. He was calm when I was talking to you, but videos of him trying to get fish were playing overhead. Lol
I use tide 4 fishing I like it but I was wondering is that a good chart for reading tides or is there a better one that you recommend
I enjoy exploring new waters, so I do a lot of traveling which puts the act of local tide charts a big factor in which tide service I use. So I got an app called AyeTides (unfortunately only available in iTunes), and I absolutely love it because it has a lot of tide and current forecast locations that are all very easy to find.
For most who fish the same general region a vast majority of the time, the free tide providers who offer the same type of graphs are great.
Okay thanks For the reply I will look it up