Tides related to offshore speck fishing

[Gasper Master]

Tomorrow, the tide doesn't go out until 4pm. If i wanted to go offshore for specks, do I still look at the same tides? Do the tides influence fish 15 - 20 miles offshore? If I were to go tomorrow, should I just go in the morning?

[Montauk17]

I assume your going out of southwest pass....tide looks good in the morning. This time of the year I would go early and fish as long as you can handle the heat.

http://tides.rodnreel.com/tides/inde...day=1313211600

[Gasper Master]

it only drops 0.3ft in the am. Do you look at the same tide charts to plan offshore trips tho, just wondering.

[BIG RED 1983]

The guy i fish with does where are you going

[Montauk17]

Got a good incoming tide in the morning...always good to fish out there on the end of a incoming tide. Brings in salt water and bait. The chart will not be 100% accurate for the offshore areas going off sw pass chart. I would say it would be off by an hour or so depending on where you fish. Also take into consideration the wind. If the wind is blowing hard out of the south the falling tide will be later and slower.

[Gasper Master]

Thanks, plan on going out of the pass to hit a few platforms 15 or 20 miles out to find some specks. Never fished out there on my own and was just wondering. I understand how the tides affect the bays and right out the passes and such. Didn't know if the same tides influence the current on the platforms way out there.

[nguidry]

I don not usually worry much about the tide out there. Mainly bob and weave platforms until I find fish biting.

[Gasper Master]

I was just wondering b/c I heard some guys say that when the current stopped, the fish stopped biting. Just wondering if there was a relationship. I know I have been 3 miles offshore with the current ripping so hard you couldn't get to the bottom and other days at the same place with a slight current. Wondering what influences this.

[fishinpox]

Moving water is always good , tidal movement is better than wind driven movement but the wind still moves the water . To much current make the trout have to exert to much energy to stay in ambush points to tag bait fish , if u think the current is moving to fast try fishing platforms with the biggest diameter legs because they displace the most amount of water on the down current side and create an eddy that trout can sit in an ambush bait. Another option is a sliding cork with plastic or Live bait it u position boat on a down current corner you can chunk the cork way up current and with a 1/2 oz sinker under the sliding cork the bait can get down deep enough and let it drift through the strike zone , thus set up also let's u adjust how deep the bait sits and find where they r holding

[BArmand]

Make sure you bring heavy leadheads just in case the water is moving fast. I find the tides hard to predict out there. Just stick and move until you find them and dont get discouraged if it doesn't happen right away.