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Salt Water fishing times

Post by solararrow94 » Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:13 am

I've been fishing land based fresh water all my life and never fishing land based salt water fishing. I've always woken up early and gone fishing from sunrise because the fish are more active at that time. Is this the same for fishing salt water from the shore or pier? Or is it the same all day?

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Post by azkay » Fri Jun 30, 2017 10:43 am

Depends on the species your after. But as a blanket rule, sunrise and sunset most definitely are the most active times..
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Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 30, 2017 11:57 am

Tides also play a big role..

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Post by barra mick » Fri Jun 30, 2017 1:10 pm

For whats its worth....I have a fishing mate who doesnt care about tides or times in the salt or fresh.

He just goes whenever he gets a chance and often catches nice fish.

Sometimes we over think things.

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Post by Toady king » Fri Jun 30, 2017 5:15 pm

depending on what you are targeting can depend on the tide but mostly when ever haha
I've caught fish in 'wrong' times and caught nothing In ' best' times. when you catch a fish note the weather/time etc and you should hook more and more often

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Post by rb85 » Fri Jun 30, 2017 6:32 pm

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sunday AM or PM.
Pretty much when I got the time to and the weather permits.

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Post by purple5ive » Fri Jun 30, 2017 7:34 pm

barra mick wrote:For whats its worth....I have a fishing mate who doesnt care about tides or times in the salt or fresh.

He just goes whenever he gets a chance and often catches nice fish.

Sometimes we over think things.
if your mate is landbased and fish certain locations in WPB he will be very dissapointed if he didnt pay any attention to tides :rofl:

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Post by KeenAds » Fri Jun 30, 2017 8:37 pm

I believe time is key to everything. We all know fish are most active at sunrise and sunset as well as being influenced by tides. Unfortunately if we all waited for the perfect day and time we would never get to fish so just go when you can....beats working or staying home!

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Post by Nude up » Sat Jul 01, 2017 6:23 am

KeenAds wrote:I believe time is key to everything. We all know fish are most active at sunrise and sunset as well as being influenced by tides. Unfortunately if we all waited for the perfect day and time we would never get to fish so just go when you can....beats working or staying home!
You are spot on if you can only fish 1 day of the week and things don't line up are you going to stay home.. my belief is there are 2 tides every day the longer I am on the water I am bound to fish one of them

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Post by Scraglor » Sat Jul 01, 2017 7:58 am

Nude up wrote:
KeenAds wrote:I believe time is key to everything. We all know fish are most active at sunrise and sunset as well as being influenced by tides. Unfortunately if we all waited for the perfect day and time we would never get to fish so just go when you can....beats working or staying home!
You are spot on if you can only fish 1 day of the week and things don't line up are you going to stay home.. my belief is there are 2 tides every day the longer I am on the water I am bound to fish one of them
I agree, best time to go fishing, is when you get a chance to go fishing. In westernport I have found most spots fire on certain tides, and at certain times of the year. A fishing diary helps a lot with this. If I dont have a spot for a time im heading out, just means its a chance to find a new one!

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