Reading Tide & Wind

[zacs]

I'm sure this question has been asked and answered before, somewhere, but I can't find it so.....

What are some basic rules on how wind and tide effect the bite?

For example, to me it would make sense to fish the mouth of a river/breachway on the outgoing tide, but I don't know if that is factual.

For wind I would think that a south east facing cove would be fished best in a wind out of the southeast, but again, total speculation.

I don't seem to have nearly as much luck as most on this board, and I am just trying to figure what i'm doing wrong. Any help is greatly appreciated.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH IN ADVACE

_Zac_