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All night -of course depending on the tide and moon. I'll take a full moon, strong incoming or high tide. Unless you're after tarpon - then outgoing. Or both incoming and outgoing - if you have enough beer - and a campsite......and
"Likes smokey old pool rooms N clear mountain mornins. Little warm puppies, children and girls of the night"?
For me, it's more for convienence than moon or tidal phase. I'll usually launch from work at the end of the workday and stay out 'till sometime after sunset. Fishing the docks, I've noticed that those with swift moving water hold the fish, where, so far, those docks further up the canals have not produced for me.
Gary
[i]He who looks outside dreams. He who looks within awakens.[/i]
I can't stand fishing in the dark because I have to see where I cast. For this reason, I fish on the nights with a full moon setting into the west. I fish a flat on the gulf side that faces the gulf and on those nights the outgoing high tide and full moon light makes for a good night.
I also depend more on tide at night. Doesn't matter what the moon is, barometric pressure is, sky clarity, nothing. If the water isn't moving, they aren't feeding.
Doesn't matter what time, just that the tides and moon are good.
The later the better, because the fish become WAY less spooky and aren't dependant on the same kind of structure (mangroves, oyster bars, docks, etc). They start creeping out on the open flats not having to worry about predators.
i like structure near a point on the new moon, strong incoming or outgoing. with the new moon its darker so the shadow lines are more pronounced than on a full moon.