Sodus Point Fishing

I’m fishing in Washington on the West coast in the nisqually river to be exact. I was wondering how the tides affect fishing? what tides I need to fish. Why to fish these tides? Basically I need to learn the low down on these factors or if they even matter. I need as much detail as possible to understand this. I am also fishing for chinooks and cohos (kings and silvers) if that materrs. Thank you in advance.

The moon phase controls the tides. Usually, a big high tide during the nightime hours (which happens during a full moon) will bring a fresh batch of fish in from the ocean. Fish for these salmon in the first 5 to 6 miles of tidewater the next morning. Early morning always seems to produce the best bites. Troll cut-plug herring on good weather days. Switch to spinners when it rains. An incoming tide is usually better for trolling than an outgoing tide. Many anglers anchor and use a bait-wrapped Kwikfish on the outgoing tides, effective for chinook. At low slack tide, look for chinook to head to the deepest water that is closely available. Find that hole, and drop a herring right to the bottom. Jig it up and down about 18 inches, and sometime during that low slack period you should get bit. For silvers, throw a #3 blue fox spinner in pink, yellow or blue. Have fun and good luck!

I’m fishing in Washington on the West coast in the nisqually river to be exact. I was wondering how the tides affect fishing? what tides I need to fish. Why to fish these tides? Basically I need to learn the low down on these factors or if they even matter. I need as much detail as possible to understand this. I am also fishing for chinooks and cohos (kings and silvers) if that materrs. Thank you in advance.

The moon phase controls the tides. Usually, a big high tide during the nightime hours (which happens during a full moon) will bring a fresh batch of fish in from the ocean. Fish for these salmon in the first 5 to 6 miles of tidewater the next morning. Early morning always seems to produce the best bites. Troll cut-plug herring on good weather days. Switch to spinners when it rains. An incoming tide is usually better for trolling than an outgoing tide. Many anglers anchor and use a bait-wrapped Kwikfish on the outgoing tides, effective for chinook. At low slack tide, look for chinook to head to the deepest water that is closely available. Find that hole, and drop a herring right to the bottom. Jig it up and down about 18 inches, and sometime during that low slack period you should get bit. For silvers, throw a #3 blue fox spinner in pink, yellow or blue. Have fun and good luck!

Has anyone had any success fishing in upper Tampa Bay? Any possibility of suggesting fishing spots?
Much obliged!
What about fishing from shore? Places like marinas, docks, etc.?

Shore eh'? well, I saw a couple places on the map, but threw out the idea because I figured a boat was included, and that's what I get for assuming.

But what looks like a few places you could look into would be:
"Picnic Island Pier Reef"
"Ballast Point Pier Reef"
Here I am assuming again, but since "Pier" is included I assume its a fishing "pier"

You could always try any of the public marinas, if you can tolerate the boat traffic, and they aren't posted "no fishing".
But any of the public beaches you should be able to fish at unless otherwise posted, just stay away from the swimmers, obviously. And most of the bridges have areas where you can park to the side of the road and walk down and fish under the bridge. Which could be productive. Granted the time of day, tide, bait, etc.

Check out St. Pete and look for beaches. Some of my dad's friends went fishing at, if i remember correctly, "Fort Desoto Park" and were catching snook, and all sorts of goodies from shore. That's towards the West side of the bay, but, it might be worth the drive.

If you do end up fishing the beach areas, like I said yesterday, get yourself some baitfish or shrimp; and you can either blind cast, or cast to some sort of structure: mangroves, seawalls, etc. Or if you bridge fish, which is usually better at dusk on into the night; take your bait, cast it up against the current and free-line it right under the bridge. Snook love to ambush confused baitfish as the current pushes them past the supports of the bridge.

Hope this is of better help.

Has anyone had any success fishing in upper Tampa Bay? Any possibility of suggesting fishing spots?
Much obliged!
What about fishing from shore? Places like marinas, docks, etc.?

Shore eh'? well, I saw a couple places on the map, but threw out the idea because I figured a boat was included, and that's what I get for assuming.

But what looks like a few places you could look into would be:
"Picnic Island Pier Reef"
"Ballast Point Pier Reef"
Here I am assuming again, but since "Pier" is included I assume its a fishing "pier"

You could always try any of the public marinas, if you can tolerate the boat traffic, and they aren't posted "no fishing".
But any of the public beaches you should be able to fish at unless otherwise posted, just stay away from the swimmers, obviously. And most of the bridges have areas where you can park to the side of the road and walk down and fish under the bridge. Which could be productive. Granted the time of day, tide, bait, etc.

Check out St. Pete and look for beaches. Some of my dad's friends went fishing at, if i remember correctly, "Fort Desoto Park" and were catching snook, and all sorts of goodies from shore. That's towards the West side of the bay, but, it might be worth the drive.

If you do end up fishing the beach areas, like I said yesterday, get yourself some baitfish or shrimp; and you can either blind cast, or cast to some sort of structure: mangroves, seawalls, etc. Or if you bridge fish, which is usually better at dusk on into the night; take your bait, cast it up against the current and free-line it right under the bridge. Snook love to ambush confused baitfish as the current pushes them past the supports of the bridge.

Hope this is of better help.