MN1st21

Definitely. As someone who doesn't get to pick any day of the week or time of day to get on the boat, the tidal windows can make it tough. Most of the times when I'm out there and the tide IS moving I haven't had luck but I'm going to chalk that up to probability and user error. Hopefully it'll get better with experience. First year was very tough. Thanks for the tips, definitely been keeping my eye on the tides. I've had one good 2 hour stretch in a creek where we caught a bunch but other than that I still haven't had much luck. I think I need to spend more time on the rivers to better learn how the fish set up.

I am better at fishing lakes any time of year. Struggled bad with fishing the James river after moving here about 2 yrs ago... any recommended ramps to try the Pamunkey (in Richmond). Coming from Minnesota the whole tidal thing is not coming easy.