Crazy Alberto at Plum Island show

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Originally Posted by jredfly

Appears there was a little debate on the definition of "slack tide". I did a little research on-line when I got home and I think I will go with Crazy Alberto on this (I think this topic could become quite a thread)..

So whats the debate about slack?

[nightfighter]

Originally Posted by JohnnySaxatilis

So whats the debate about slack?

Should be a thread of its own, and would love to have Al's POV to set it up.... But;

Assume the tide chart states that high tide is at 0100. When is slack? When is maximum water flow? What time do you want to target being there?
What I got from the presentation was that max current occurs at 0100.... Al would be targeting 0400 to fish, though if may have been low tide at 0100. I can't remember. Just don't want to post misinformation. But I am sure he stated that max current is at the time the tide chart states it is High or low tide.

[JohnnySaxatilis]

Gotcha. makes sense if you fish the canal (like someone said up there), slack is approx 2 hours before hi/low, and hi/low time represents when the tide moves at full force

[Sea Dangles]

The Eldridge explains this effectively.If you fish the canal you understand that tide and current are two different animals.