"not much tide to spur the bite"?

[Rodbreaker]

The title quote that I used is from BlueOrca talking about the Chum bite today.
Funny I was on the Beach today watching Coho jump and I was thinking about the number of times I've been out when there was minimum tidal movement-like today-and the bite never came on.
Do you think that small tide changes put fish off?
Is it because they're used to larger changes and are accustomed to feeding relatively heavy for that short period and then turning off?
Probably not that simple but I Welcome everyone's input here.

that's why there's a warranty!

 

[Pablo2079]

Sounds like a reasonably hypothesis, but it's probably one of those questions for which we'll never have an answer. Makes fishing interesting!

 

[wolf]

You should have been fishing if your on the beach watching fish jump you probably missed the bite LOL LOL


OK now ill be serious sometimes the slow tides can be great I think it all depends on what bait and how much is in the area for instance last juan de fuca derby we were in, it was a slow ebb all day and we were about a mile off of secretary and in 300 ft. of water and we were all catching big springs go figure totally against what we have all learned you just have to adapt thats why its fishing you never know what is going to happen out there its a different day each and every day.
Good luck Wolf

 

[Red Monster]

Go figure.

Remember, it's called "fishing," not "catching."

 

[blueorca]

Well here's my theory...Predator fish like Springs like the lower rise and falls and slack tides because they're bigger and can't move as quickly and don't generally chase their feed compared to Chum and Sockeye (schooling fish) that tend to feed when the large amount of bait gets pushed at greater speeds..
but that's why its a theory...<img src=icon_smile_wink.gif border=0 align=middle>..You'll notice I haven't mentioned Coho..

boc