What is uptiding?
The tactic is really quite simple. In shallow water (20-40 ft) there is what is known as a scare area around the boat where the hull slapping against the tide whilst anchored creates noise and vibrations in the water. This in theory can put fish off taking baits and make them move off. From this theory uptiding was born.
Basicly uptiding requires anchoring the boat in a running tide and rigging up with a trace that can be cast maybe 20 - 40 yards. Multipliers such as the ABU 7000 or 6500 series as well as the Daiwa SL20SH and Penn 525 Mag are perfect for this tactic. The bait should be cast at a 45 degree angle to the bow of the boat with a grip lead or preferably an uptiding lead. When the rig hits the water line is fed off the reel to allow the lead to sinkand then extraline is fed out to allow the grips to take hold. The ide will now take up the slack line and put pressure on the lead grips. This will take your bait out of the scare area. The theory is that the bait being held static in the tide like this means a fish following the scent uptide in a current will almost certainly hook themselves after biting the bait under the pressure of the tide. A number of anglers employing this tactic also widens the scent trail being spread from the back of the boat and should thus attract more fish.
A tactic that often works well for flat fish such as flounder and Dabs in a less strong tide run is to employ the same tactic but instead use a rolling lead. What this does is create a moving bait that will cover a much wider area as the lead and bait swings in an arc to the stern of the boat. this casting can be repeated every five minutes or so.