Fishing School
Positioning
This lesson will show you how position yourself to make sure you’ll be getting into some fun fish catching action even if you’re fishing tough weather conditions (high winds and/or currents).
Topics Discussed
- Shorelines of Bays
- Open grass flats
- Rivers & creeks
- Marsh systems
On The Water Examples
- Fishing shallow grass flats for big trout and upper slot redfish
- How to target marsh systems at different tide levels
So what joyed the video and definitely understand the theory but, since it’s heavily based on current flow… how do you look at the aerial photo and know which way the current flows? Particular in a marsh system? Is there a current layer I haven’t found in the SmartFish app?
The easiest way to determine current flow from an online map is to simply trace the path of least resistance for the water at any point to flow out towards the Atlantic/Gulf… once that’s determined, then we automatically know that the current flow will be going towards the Atlantic/Gulf during outgoing current period, and then the opposite on incoming.
There will be some instances where it’s not clear from a regular map, and those spots can require actually going there to know for sure.
Awesome content, thanks
Hey Luke – great content as always. In terms of the positioning video, how do you position yourself on an island depending on the winds? I know you mentioned that you want the wind to your back to increase casting distance, but will fish usually hold on the side of an island where the wind is hitting or the protected side? I suppose this also depends on time of year and water temps, but would love to know the feedback on which side of an island to approach first, given wind conditions in terms of the 90/10 rule.
During the summer, I pretty much always position on the up-wind side of an island so I can cast with the wind to cover the side where most of the action is most likely going to be (most fish will prefer the up-wind side since it has some wave activity which increased DO2 levels. In the winter, I’ll start on the up-wind side but will often spend most of the time on the down-wind side since many fish will prefer the water that is less churned up.
Just go around to watching this course. You guys always amaze me with the information you give us. Spectacular job.
Thanks
Luke
Thanks so much for making time to post the nice comment Mel!
Luke, that is some very valuable info. It has a whole lot of common sense. Thanks
So glad to see that you enjoyed this lesson Paul!
Excellent points Luke.
Never knew that there were so many ways of looking at wing – currents. Great lesson Luke .
Excellent. Thank you.
Hey Luke,
I just wanted to say that these lessons are so undervalued at what we’re paying and appreciated. What an outstanding company you and Joe have created. For us who can’t spend countless hours on the water to learn and experience the things you bring to us members is extremely valuable.
Thank you guys,
Brad
Ditto…ummm but don’t raise the prices.
Hi Luke,
Great info, thanks. I have a question that’s probably been asked and answered however, I haven’t been able to find it. I fish the Halifax, and I’d like to be able to estimate high and low tides at various points along the river that are away from a known tide station. The two known stations nearest to the places I fish are Ormond Beach/Halifax, and Ponce Inlet/Halifax. Since there’s some miles between these stations, it would be nice to be able to closely estimate the tides at a few additional points along the river – for instance around the Port Orange Bridge. I understand there are many things in the river that influance tide movement, but it seems like someone has taken those into account and produced a table or a calculation based on distances from a given tide station.
Thanks again,
joe