Best Tides?

[chummer]

I posed this question on the community board, but maybe the salty dogs would give me a better clue. while thumbing thru the tide book trying to calculate the best time for a trip down to nehalem bay, I "thought" the best time would be when there is minimal difference between the the high and low tide, or am I Bass-ackwards here? do you look for a big high tide in the morning hours? :whazzup:

[Pilar]

Chummer, I don't mean to be dense but best tides for what?

Are you crabbing in the bay, crossing the bar, surf perch in the bay?

[chummer]

Whoops! My Bad!! [img]graemlins/dork.gif[/img]

Salmon tides!

[chummer]

........In nahalem bay!......Doubt if i'll attempt to cross that bar!

[Fishplay]

Big tides swings are what you looking for when fishing the bays and estuarys.

Brings more fish in. I always prefer first light fishing but the last half of incoming can be a good producer also on those large exchange days.

How the heck you been anyway chummer. Long time no see. I still have almost all of those smelt. This new split sturgeon season kept me off the water this year.