Tips For Winter Sight Fishing

Sight fishing is a great and sometimes challenging way to inshore fish. It can be especially fun in the cooler months, largely due to the increased clearness of the water which makes it easier for the fish to spot your lure. However, it does take patience and planning.

In some areas, clear water is easy to find. However, in other areas you have to look for quite some time to find it. On the east coast, there is one constant that you can fall back on in almost every location to find clear water and that is high tide. If you have stained or dirty water in your area, and you have tidal flats with marsh grass, then you have clear enough water to sight the fish. I’ve always found that low tide is the best time. This is when you can usually find clean water at dead low water when the water stops moving.