Full Bend: Check the tides before you fish the surf

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BY NICK HEID

Do you check the tides before you fish? If you don’t, you probably should. Tides are arguably the most important set of conditions to pay attention to when planning a surf fishing session. The oth- er main condition set to pay attention to would be surf height, but for now, let’s talk tides.

High tides

Tidal height refers to the average height that the water reaches in ref- erence to sea level. This is an important factor to consider because high tides and low tides vary more than you might think. Did you know that some low tides are higher than some high tides? Weird, right?

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