harrycatcat1 Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 What would your ideal coastal wildfowling day/morning/evening/night consist of if you could order it? Times,tide height,moon and weather and anything else you may add. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
big bad lindz Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 (edited) A good stiff east wind, low gray cloud, just after sunrise and the tide either 1/2 in or 1/2 out. With similar conditions to these I nabbed my first grays (5 off) this season and just last week again with similar conditions although at sunset I nabbed my first shore mallard along with another 2 grays. The only problem I have now is that my Escort semi lost its cocking arm so I am looking for a replacement but I am making do with my Franchi O/U but I may be in the market for a new (to me)3 1/2" semi just for the shore. BBL Edited November 17, 2010 by big bad lindz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anser2 Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 An impossible question to answer. It all depends on the individual marsh. To give an example , one marsh 25 miles away from where I live the pink feet nearly always flight on moon light nights while on another near my house the geese hardly ever flight under the moon just sitting it out on the muds until dawn. On the Wash tide flighting on a rising tide can be very good , while on my local marsh its the falling tide ( about 2 hours after high tide ) that provides the best shooting . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harrycatcat1 Posted November 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 An impossible question to answer. It all depends on the individual marsh. To give an example , one marsh 25 miles away from where I live the pink feet nearly always flight on moon light nights while on another near my house the geese hardly ever flight under the moon just sitting it out on the muds until dawn. On the Wash tide flighting on a rising tide can be very good , while on my local marsh its the falling tide ( about 2 hours after high tide ) that provides the best shooting . I was not after a generic answer but one specific to your marsh, just out interest really. Sorry for not making it clearer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shakin stevens Posted November 17, 2010 Report Share Posted November 17, 2010 The best duck flights i like are high waters just after dawn break or dusk, for the lads and lasses who travel for a few hrs to get to the marsh thats the bit we can plan! Any strong winds is a bonus or weather conditions, you can book the days off and bet that the winds drop and the sky is blue! For geese a touch of fog does the trick on the foreshore they might take some shifting but its worth the time.like anser2 said its hard to answer the list goes on!! regards bob. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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