THE STRANGE NATURE OF TIDES

For me fishing isn’t easy, and it certainly isn’t simple! There are very few situations where you turn up blindly, blissfully unaware of your surroundings and cast in and catch a fish. More often it is a very complex business based on your knowledge of the tides, local factors, the weather and the time of day. My mind constantly ticks over with plans and options for my next days off. I’ve learnt a lot about tides in over 50 years of fishing. They fascinate me. Like most serious fishos I have apps on my phone, Facebook full of local reports and an awareness of what is going on in my local waters through talking to mates. The information is never ending. Perhaps we are information over loaded! All this information is used to strategize and plan the next fishing trip.

My main problem lately is constant appalling weather with seemingly never-ending south easterlies. I was also out of action for six weeks after undergoing quite major surgery where I couldn’t drive, and I couldn’t fish. This drove me completely loopy with pent up frustration due to a lack of fishing trips. I’d just moved into a new house and my boats