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What is more important to you Tide Movement or Solunar Tables?

Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:18 am
Posted by deaconjones35
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2009
9802 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:18 am
When planning a fishing trip, what has more of an impact on the way you approach your strategy? Is it tide movement or solunar tables? If you know you will have a slack tide or the solunar table looks weak, do you try anyway?

I've been trying to pay more attention to both before planning a trip. But I wanted to pick the brain of the all knowing OB.

The place I have been fishing for reds, if the tide is moving, I will typically ignore the solunar table. I've had pretty good success as long as the water is moving in that area. The tide rising or falling makes a difference not where I fish, but how I fish each spot. I haven't fished when the solunar table showed high activity when the tide is slack yet, so I do not know how that would turn out. The only time I was skunked is when the tide wasn't moving at all.

Of course you also have to take into consideration water temp, clarity etc.....
Posted by mylsuhat
Mandeville, LA
Member since Mar 2008
48940 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:23 am to
I only know salt water; my answer is tides
Posted by Devious
Elitist
Member since Dec 2010
29161 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:26 am to
TBH, I just fish when I can fish. The conditions are never going to be perfect. I have to be able to read them and make the best decisions based on my interpretation.
Posted by deaconjones35
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2009
9802 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:27 am to
Are solunar tables used for saltwater fishing or is it just freshwater?
Posted by Motorboat
At the camp
Member since Oct 2007
22683 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:27 am to
I also use tides mostly, but often the solunar tables go hand in hand with tidal movement. Weather is your biggest factor for trout fishing, IMO.
Posted by Boats n Hose
NOLA
Member since Apr 2011
37248 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:35 am to
I need to listen, I have no idea what I'm doing reading tides. I look at the solunar tables sometimes but find it's hit and miss.
Posted by Topwater Trout
Red Stick
Member since Oct 2010
67590 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 9:56 am to
Tide movement.

If I am going fishing and tides suck I just make the most of it. I fish when I can.
Posted by computerguy
Orlando
Member since Oct 2007
1236 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:09 am to
Tide movement.
Posted by TexasTiger
Katy TX
Member since Sep 2003
5324 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:16 am to
Freshwater guy here...Solunar is the only way to go...

And when saltwater fishing doesn't really matter when you are cork fishing with dead bait...or trolling dead bait behind the boat...
Posted by Redfish2010
Member since Jul 2007
15169 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:17 am to
Tidal movements. Idk what solunar tables are to be honest
Posted by deaconjones35
Thibodaux
Member since Sep 2009
9802 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:23 am to
good info on tides and solunar tables

check the link above. great information on both. also great site to check tides and tables for plenty of locations worldwide.
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3873 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:34 am to
If I'm freshwater fishing I don't read either as I've found the fish don't usually bite and when they do they're too small. For saltwater I read the tidal charts. I don't know what they say but I read them. Doesn't matter anyways because if you find moving water and throw something dead out there under your cork you'll catch more than you want to clean.
Posted by Chad504boy
4 posts
Member since Feb 2005
166295 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:36 am to
isn't tides based off of lunar shite?
Posted by 007mag
Death Valley, Sec. 408
Member since Dec 2011
3873 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 10:40 am to
quote:

based off of lunar shite
I thought it was something to do with the moon's gravitational pull
Posted by bbvdd
Memphis, TN
Member since Jun 2009
24996 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 11:03 am to
If I'm planning a trip to the coast I plan around the tide tables.
Posted by Tiger 79
The Original Tiger 79
Member since Nov 2007
38036 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 12:07 pm to
tides
Posted by jimbeam
University of LSU
Member since Oct 2011
75703 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 12:16 pm to
Only fish when I can
Posted by Langston
Member since Nov 2010
7685 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 12:22 pm to
quote:

isn't tides based off of lunar shite?


Thought so too. Im no salt water guy though.
Posted by Tigah D
Baton Rouge
Member since Jul 2008
1408 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 12:30 pm to
Tidal movement is critical when chasing inshore species like trout, reds, blk drum, etc. They're just more reluctant to feed (and thus bite your lure) when the tide's slack. For trout, though, paying attention to the lunar periods is clutch for targeting wallhangers. The full moons of the spring months are key to hooking into a sow trout full of eggs.
Posted by CajunFootball
Jackson, Mississippi
Member since Oct 2010
19432 posts
Posted on 3/6/12 at 12:31 pm to
It's all based off the moon. Saltwater fishing I look at tide charts. Freshwater I look for the minor and major feeding periods
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