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I've caught many big fish on an off tide. I fish a lot of rivers around the south shore of Boston. Sometimes its easier to find fish in less water. One time last summer I was walking to one of my favorite spots and there was a gentleman leaving. "Been here for 4 hours and not one bite." I had just got out of work and just wanted to wet a line. After half an hour, just before slack tide I caught a 10 pounder. After I released it I relized I left my knife in my truck. So I baited some pogie on a hook and tossed it out into a deep pool in front of me. I ran back to my truck to get my knife and when I returned my rod was gone. To my right I could here my drag sizzing away and I just caught a glipse of my rod being dragged into the water. I Jumped into the river after it and grabbed it. I only had about 15 yards of line left. After 20 minutes of battle I finaly got this fish 20 feet from me. There was an old dock to my left and some of the pilings that still stook out of the water. The fish headed right into them and wrapped herself around one of the poles. Stalemate. For the rest of the season I double checked everytime I went fishing to make sure I didn't leave anything behind. What ever the tide was.
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