One of the most misunderstood and undervalued states of tide is the low. Go to most popular fishing marks around low tide and you will find plenty of peace and quiet. The commonly quoted ‘two hours either side of high tide’ feels like it is engraved in our consciousness, but with low tide comes different opportunities and access to new, exciting species. I am a predominantly LRF angler, but a lot of this information is just as useful to any fishing technique or discipline.
First of all, I will just get the obvious out of the way. If your mark has no water at all at low tide, then clearly this won’t be applicable. But this article is about areas such as harbour walls, piers, beaches and rocky coastline that has some depth of water at all times, but generally isn’t fished at low tide by the majority of anglers. Before I get into that though, if your mark doesn’t have any water at low, still check it out. Use that time to find the fish holding features, the weed beds, rock formations, sandbanks or muddy peaks and troughs. It’s like having X-ray vision when the tide
