Fish creek mouths during outgoing tide, oyster bars and points along the channel during moving water, deeper holes and bends during slack, and grass-flat edges during incoming. The pattern shifts with tide stage — read which phase you're in and target the corresponding structure.
Tide guide pages cover stage-by-stage timing for tidal creeks.
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