tides??? : Landbased Fishing Trip Reports

liam.mcintosh · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:00 am Post subject: tides???

hey guys,

ive moved up from central victoria and never fished the salt, always small fresh water creeks and lakes. so im a lil confused on what tides are good to catch what.
just wandering if someone could help me suss it all out. i know neap tides are the tides that dont have much movement but are they any good to catch fish? very keen to learn more!! all info welcome

also keen to get out and meet a few new fishos as the mrs is not all that keen on fishing.

thanks for your help :cheers:

Lats · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 12:32 am Post subject: Re: tides???

Hey Liam, welcome. There is probably 10,000 ways to answer that question because tides in Darwin (up over 7m) can not only determine what fish to chase but where you can fish, launching retrieving boats at ramps and general travel around water ways on different depths of lows. Also, a species of fish might bite well on small tides in one spot but if you want to catch that same fish in another spot you might need really big tides. But I will try and help a little. And I am no expert and these are only my observations...

Reef fish - building tides after the neaps but you will struggle to anchor and get your bait to the bottom over 4m of run near Darwin. If you head west you will want bigger tides. Head East in the Vernons and you will want small tides

Pelagics - around the neaps when the water is clearer as spanish macks and tuna predominantly feed by sight

Harbour Barra - Biggest tides and time your fishing to around the low

Landbased - Will differ from spot to spot

Use the search function on this site and talk to the local tackle store owners. But stay out of the water and be ever vigilant for crocs. Hope this helps

liam.mcintosh · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 11:15 am Post subject: Re: tides???

Yea Righto! I don't have a boat so it's all land based! Ya reckon just trial and error? Go out and see what tides work best at different spots?

swamp · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 3:36 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

Give it go, come back here and tell us how you went, it will easier for people to give you specific advice once we know where you are going, what you are fishing for and how you are fishing for it.

To start with I'd suggest fishing the top of high and the outgoing so you don't get caught out by the tide coming in fast.

Cheers,
Swamp

Davey D · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 4:16 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

G'day mate, i was in the same boat you where a couple years ago when i came up here, trial and error is the best thing, taking in mind what the guys say on here.
sometimes i do exactly what the guys have said and catch nothing.
other times i do exactly what the guys have said and catch exactly what i wanted.
just stay persistent. find water, find structure, find fish, try baits lures and everything in between.
early mornings are what works best for me here but i like to sleep in also. if you would like a good spot to fish this weekend let me know, larrakeyah is one of my favourite landbased spots here but you need to be defence to fish the place, if your not defence let me know and i could take you.
its no secret that larrakeyah is one of the best spots in darwin and some people are a bit sh..ty about not being able to fish the place from land but im always inviting poeple to tag along with me

Agent86 · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 7:58 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

All good advice Liam, just get out there and try things and watch others as well.

Been here over 20 years now and I am still finding new places to have a go and techniques to use.

Plenty of land based spots around Darwin to have a fish, look at the land based posts and you will get some ideas from others experiences

Hope you get amongst them somewhere, cheers :-)

mako · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:03 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

Landbased, fish an incoming tide, 3-4 days after a new or full moon, just have to work out the time to turn up at a particular spot so there is enough water for fish to start feeding. The low will be always around 2-3 pm, the water is likely to be stirred up as they are always spring tides, but fish like barramundi, salmon and reefish don't mind as it gives them some cover. For pelagics, try the high tide on the same dates which will be around 8-9 am, the water clarity is better at high tide. :fishy:

liam.mcintosh · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 8:51 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

Awesome advice guys will b sure to try all this out!!

Brettirvine · Posted: Tue Jul 24, 2012 9:38 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

I also have just moved up from melb. Just getting into fishing so have no advice but looking at starting at Fannie bay rocks in the next couple of weeks when my rods get up here. Would be keen for a mate and a beer.

seano · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 12:14 am Post subject: Re: tides???

On the spring tides in the dry, try East point early morning, thru to half tide out going, Leepoint early (sunrise)high for queenies and trevally, out going, for barra (neaper tides are good for barra also)Cullen bay rocks- early morning high for pelagics, Channel island same as east point. Neap tides-stokes hill wharf early morning and last couple of hours of the incoming- same for Mandorah. Dundee rocks high springs peaking after sunrise- out going best. Shady barrage- big spring tides-incoming right thru to out going. Just remember Spings are high in the morning and arvo and gradualy get later each day and neaps are high in the middle of the day. Hope that gives you a starting point...just remember -have fun!

liam.mcintosh · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

Yea seano cheers mate I'll Definitly try all them!

Brettirvine · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:08 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

Got ur pm mate but can't frigging work out this website to pm back.

jeffish · Posted: Wed Jul 25, 2012 6:16 pm Post subject: Re: tides???

you need 5 posts before u can PM,,,click on the FAQ tab at the top ,,to find out how it all works :mrgreen:

Brettirvine · Posted: Thu Jul 26, 2012 8:49 am Post subject: Re: tides???

Cheers mate

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