Site Map
Every page on Tides & Tails, grouped and one tap away. New here? The Field Guide is the user manual — short, boat-friendly instructions for every feature on the site.
Start Here
- Home — The front door: live condition snapshots, featured waters and where to start.
- Site Map — Every page on the site, grouped and one tap away.
- Field Guide — The user manual — how to run every feature, in short steps written for the boat.
- Terms of Service — Plain-English terms: recreation and education only — never navigation — conditions data as-is, and who to hail in an emergency.
Live Conditions
- My Waters Console — Your saved waters with live water temp, wind & gusts, next tide and weather alerts.
- Coastal Map — Touch-first nautical chart — tap a pin for conditions, tap open water to mark a spot.
- Locations — Every covered zone from Texas to Maryland plus California, with live tides and reports.
- My Spots — Your private GPS spot book — marked on the map or from the phone in your hand.
- Trips — Every trip you save from the map, kept on your account: the track on a chart, the miles and hours, and the fish logged while you were out.
- Catch Log — Log a fish in seconds — species, size, kept or released, photo and spot — with your running totals. Private to your account.
Every location zone (38)
Each zone page carries live tides from its own NOAA station, what's biting and the seasonal playbook. Zones run in coastal order across 10 states: TX, LA, MS, AL, FL, GA, SC, NC, MD, CA.
- Lower Laguna Madre, TX
- Corpus Christi & Baffin Bay, TX
- Rockport & Port Aransas, TX
- Matagorda Bays, TX
- Galveston Bay, TX
- Sabine Lake, TX
- Calcasieu Lake, LA
- The Louisiana Marsh (Venice to Grand Isle), LA
- Mississippi Sound, MS
- Mobile Bay & the Alabama Coast, AL
- Pensacola Bay, FL
- Destin & the Emerald Coast, FL
- Panama City & St. Andrew Bay, FL
- Port St. Joe & Cape San Blas, FL
- Apalachicola Bay, FL
- The Big Bend (Steinhatchee to Homosassa), FL
- Tampa Bay, FL
- Charlotte Harbor & Boca Grande, FL
- Ten Thousand Islands & the Everglades, FL
- The Florida Keys, FL
- Biscayne Bay & Miami, FL
- Indian River Lagoon & Mosquito Lagoon, FL
- Jacksonville & the First Coast, FL
- The Georgia Coast (Savannah to St. Simons), GA
- The SC Lowcountry (Charleston to Hilton Head), SC
- The Grand Strand (Murrells Inlet & Georgetown), SC
- Cape Fear (Wilmington & Southport), NC
- Pamlico Sound & Outer Banks, NC
- Chesapeake Bay (Annapolis & Lower Bay), MD
- San Diego & Mission Bay, CA
- Oceanside & Carlsbad, CA
- Newport & Dana Point, CA
- LA & Long Beach Harbors, CA
- Santa Monica Bay, CA
- Santa Barbara & Ventura, CA
- Monterey Bay, CA
- Brite Lake, CA
- Lake Isabella, CA
Fish Smarter
- Species Guides — Speckled trout, redfish and 24 more — habitat, water temps and seasonal baits.
- Smart Lure Tool — Pick your water — the tool reads live conditions and ranks what to throw right now.
- Lure & Bait Database — 56 proven lures and baits, filterable by species, season, light and region.
On the Water
- Marine VHF Radio Guide — US channels, how to hail, and the MAYDAY / PAN-PAN / SÉCURITÉ scripts.
- Fishing Regulations — Bag and size limits by state, verified from official agencies, readable offline.
- License Wallet — Keep a photo of your fishing license on your phone — readable offline at check time.
- Boat Safety & Float Plan — Required-gear checklists, a pre-launch ritual and a float plan you can text ashore.
- Emergency First Aid — Offline-readable emergency steps for anglers — CPR and drowning, severe bleeding, carbon monoxide, heat and cold, stingray, catfish and Vibrio wounds — quoted from AHA, Red Cross, CDC, USCG and NWS guidance, plus Good Samaritan law for the Gulf states and Florida.
- Channel Markers & Buoys — Red right returning, nuns vs cans, ICW marks, regulatory buoys and the diver-down flag.
Community
- Community Forum — Reports, tactics and gear talk from inshore anglers coast to coast.
- Announcements — Agency regulation updates and club news.
- Crew — Private, invite-only groups — chat with your people and, only if each of you switches it on, see each other on a live chart.
- Articles & Resources — Longer-form guides: boats, kayak rigging, nearshore tactics and seasonal strategy.
- Local Pro Anglers — Local pro anglers on the waters we cover: the gear they actually throw, area notes, recent reports and the tides they fish.
For Business
- Charters & Guides — Directory of charter captains, boat & kayak rentals, guides for hire and rental gear — trip packages, rates, what's included and trust badges on every listing.
- List Your Business — Charter captains, rentals, guides and gear shops: get in front of inshore anglers.
- My Lead Board — Inquiries from anglers on your water — preferred date, party size and requested package — with contact details unlocked by an active membership.
- Gear Marketplace — Buy and sell inshore rods, reels, lures and tackle.
- List Your Lures Free — Lure makers and tackle shops: free listings, no commission, anglers check out on your own store.
- Rates & Founding Offers — Charter memberships, free lure listings billed per angler tap, and local shop sponsorships.
Account
- Sign In — Sign in — your waters and spots follow you to every device you fish from.
- Create Account — Free account — anything saved on this device merges in and syncs everywhere.
- My Pro Page — Your own pro angler page: bio, photos, gear picks and fishing reports, published when you are ready.
- My Profile — Your account details, display name and password.