Thread: Anyone fished ckick river lately

With respect to the tides: In the fall the outgoing tide is best. As the water cools, shad (the primary forage) are moving out of the creeks and into the channel. The shad move out on the outgoing tide. They often return to the flats on incoming. Remember: Just like in a stream, gamefish ALWAYS face into the moving water. The outgoing tide furnishes an easy food source. Present your lures coming with the tide. If you present them against the tide they will be moving out of view of the gamefish which are looking into the moving tide. As the tide slows, slow your presentation. At dead low you should be using a "dead stick" presentation. In the Chick there is also a secondary forage of grass shrimp. Pay attention to this around the full moon when the shrimp are moulting (just like blue crabs). Right now, the grass shrimp are in the hydrilla and its mighty tough to find somewhere to fish with typical crappie tackle to follow that bite. Once the weeds are gone it is a different story and you can actually find crappie up on the flats at high tide chasing shrimp on a mild winter day around a full moon. Crappie can be up there when the weeds are present, but good luck trying to fish for them. Hope this is helpful.