Last year Leland posted that the best time on the water was before or after a major tide change. I have come to realize that this is certainly the gospel truth, particularly here on Whidbey beaches with fewer fish. Try to fish here on a whimpy tide change and have a fishless day. It must be that the sheer volume of water on a major tide change urges the fish into quieter water along the edges. Fishing, like life, is lessons in the obvious. Bruce Carpenter Clinton
