generaly speaking, am I going to have a better chance at a bite at dusk or from noon-5 pm. Debating on when I should go down there.
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generaly speaking, am I going to have a better chance at a bite at dusk or from noon-5 pm. Debating on when I should go down there.
If I could only fish for one hour in a day, my first choice would be a half hour before sunrise to a half hour after. My second choice for optimizing hour of fishing would be a half hour on each side of sunset. On any given day, either or both of those slots may not be the most productive or good at all, but the odds favor it overall. Beside that, if the fishing is poor all day, it's tough to beat a nice sunrise or sunset from the pier with mid-day heat.
My advice is to have your bait in the water at 5:30 am. If that's not possible and you only have the afternoon, I'd fish from 4 pm on ('till they stop biting). For me, it's just too doggone hot to fish in the midday sun!
OMI: Hour before sunrise until 1 hour after.
Or when the fish are biting, which ever hour that turns out to be. :)
Definitely not noon-3pm during July-August, unless you grew up on a tropical island on the equator. I was about exhausted yesterday after fighting that Jack in the 2pm sun.
I find the best time is either side of the tide change. Sounds like you have the time to pick and choose so I would definitely try to line it up with the high feeding times.
good luck!
All day.....or you'll miss it if and when it happens
What ever time you choose, make it while I'm not there. You will greatly increase your chances of catching fish. Every time I walk on the pier I hear, "You shouda been here----," or, "You left too early."
I hold the current Southeast Championship in shutting down bites.
For what it's worth...I'm in the middle of doing a correlation between the Solunar Tables that supposedly point out the best times to fish, the days and times I actually fish, and how much of what species I catch or don't. As of now, and granted the data is a little limited and for a a couple of small freshwater bodies of water, there is absolutely no relationship. I've caught a lot of fish when the tables say I shouldn't, and of course vice versa. My opinion, as it's always been, is the best time to go fishing is when you can...
My ole buddy Eldon (from Festus, MO) would tell me "They started biting right after you left. How come you didn't leave earlier?" LOL
Best advice I ever heard was "Go early, stay late and fish like all hell!"
Go whenever you can and stay as long as you can!
Agreed. I only get a week so I could care less what time it is or what the tides are.
I will add, sunrise is an enjoyable time to be on the beach.
In a snazzy fit of anticipation, I checked the tide charts for my 10 days in paradise this October...seems that the high and low tides will be following the sunrise and sunset times. In between is 11 hrs and 40 some odd minutes of bliss as the light of day almost matches the night.
So, that will give me 12hrs on the pier, and 12 hours on the lagoon - dragging bottom for the fall flounder.
OH MY! Sleep be damned.
Agree on the dawn bite, it is pretty consistent once it gets started good. But when I get a day to fish, I use it. If I lived there, I might wait till I saw the wind blowing the tops off the waves.....
As Rich said - If (when) I lived there - I would be more selective as to when I fished. Given my limited window..I am quite happy to spend my time leaning on the rail and waiting (see profile) But I do occasionally break for meal times and the occasional nap - and it would be an excellent opportunity for the pier to create a revenue source if they had rental lockers big enough for a pier cart and rods. It would be worth it to not have to load the buggy and rods up..and get them back out in a few hours.
I like that idea.....Okaloosa had lockers for the regulars for a time period. (Rental)......and if I lived there I would be more picky for fishing days,like I am up here in the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by scbasser