Current and Blackfish

[BoatGuy]

With fluke, the current matters. I went blackfishing and had a steady pick all day.

Does current mater less with blackfish?? Any advice you want to share, please do so.

 

[BoatGuy]

Know body considers the moon phase?

 

[AllyKat]

I've noticed that the more current there is, the more short fish hit the baits. When the tide eases or goes slack, thats when the big fish move in.
On the other hand, my cousin in VB says he has terrible luck when its slack tide, and the better fish hit during mid tide. The issue there is he fishes the Chesapeake bay, and the tides around the bridge/tunnel can be wicked and 16 oz of lead isn't uncommon.
I wont pay alot of attention to moon phase unless I'm fishing mid sound areas like 11B where its 80 ft on one side of the reef and 200' on the other, and the reef comes up to 30 feet....thats alot of current ripping through there.

 

[Matts]

I find the bite is often slow when the tide is slack, but
sometimes they bite all day and through the tide change and would follow my boat on anchor even as it swung from east/west to west/east.
sometimes they bite best near the changes.
sometimes they bite through the slack
sometimes the bite stops during the slack
mostly I just think about where i can use a jig so I'll fish shallower during max tide if I can