Yes tides influence but DONT EVER put off a fishing trip if you can't hit the tide changes!!! So many of my fish have come half way thru the tide changes when most every one else has packed it in and hit the docks spouting the "they've all gone up the river rhetoric". For kings and silvers the old "find the bait and find the fish" rule holds pretty constant any time of the tide.(Old habits are hard to break) Good luck out there