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Dr. Adams recently penned an article about bonefish tides. He’s someone you should really listen to.
Tides are one of those things most trout anglers aren’t going to be familiar with. What tides do you want to fish and how do you find those tides? This article is for you.
come out bonefish… where are you?
A piece you may be interested in at the Fly Paper Blog about the best tides for bonefishing.
In the ocean, the moon is at the controls. Pockmarks and all, the moon is the king. His subjects range from the smallest invertebrates to the largest fish and all the creatures in between.
That’s some skinny water.
I am guessing that it is my overall low number of bonefishing days that has lead me to believe that there are plenty of flats where the tide may determine where the fish are going to be, but not really IF they are going to be there. There do seem to be some flats where the fish are there all day, just in different places… up along the shore at high tide, further out on the flat at low tide. There are certainly some places where the fish can’t feed at low or high tide. I seldom have the option, when on my own, of going for the “right” tide, I have to go fishing when I get a chance to go fishing, tides be damned. I think Scott agrees, saying:
I am often asked what is the best tide profile to choose for a bonefish trip. The simple answer is, “The best tides happen when you can go.”
I know a little bit about tides, but I could certainly be armed with more information. There is some good stuff in the article that aims to give that sort of info. Read it.
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Aaron Adams is the bonefishing equivalent of EF Hutton from back in the day. So, when I saw that he was talking tides in Florida Fly Fishing Magazine, I had to highlight it.
At any given time, only 10% of the fishable water harbors bonefish. So figuring out how to eliminate the fishless 90% from your search area is half the battle. Understanding how bonefish use tides to their advantage will go a long way toward finding the productive 10%.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PwP1EjaBik
Aaron Adams did a fantastic bit for Deneki on bonefish and tides over at the Deneki blog. Check it out.
Aaron Adams is one of the leading authorities on bonefish science. He’s the Director of Operations for Bonefish and Tarpon Trust, one of the organizations out there at the forefront of research on bonefish. Even better, Aaron’s an angler himself, and that means he’s written some great science pieces that can also help you catch fish!
via Bonefish and Tides | Aaron Adams from Bonefish and Tarpon Trust.
