Fishing Articles
Defining the High-high Tide
Ideal for Saltwater anglers in anticipating the arrival
and departure of migrating fish...
Also Known as Flood Stage
(Flood, incoming, Tide)
Timothy Kusherets
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) identify
a High-high tide as one that exceeds twelve feet in water volume occurring
rarely more than a few times every year-and-a-half. This kind of tide
is important to surfcasting because they happen during the same months
of the year that salmon make their inland migrations during late summer
and early fall months. Salmon will ride these high-high tides and cover
a lot of territory within the span of the flood tide and then hold as
the ebb begins. These notoriously high tides bring in the first runs
of salmon during daylight hours of their inland migration making the
perfect for monitoring purposes. Scouting out water in advance can be
done with binoculars and looking for jumping fish, seals, birds, and
large schools of baitfish. During the first phases of the season these
are great tides to watch for salmon trickling into hatcheries and estuaries
that virtually sit along the coastline. Depending on when these tides
occur salmon runs can begin earlier or later by as much as a month,
which makes recon trips early an essential tool for monitoring early
fish that “could” start without you knowing it.
© Timothy Kusherets 2009 Copyrighted
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