These are also times of good to excellent fishing. The reason is the wind. It may be poor for bottom fishing, but under this condition one can expect reasonably good surface fishing in the spring through early fall months. But forget it in the winter because the migratory fish will be gone. The prime influence on tides is the position of the earth in relation to the moon and sun.
Tides are highest when the gravitational pull of the moon and sun are along the same line.
Study the Gulf Coast Fisherman's Forecast Adjustment Times, Tide Table Adjustment Times, Tide Tables for your area and Current Movement predictions. Then base your fishing days on the data correlated. You'll find marked improvement in your fishing success. Every year we're faced with more and more regulations on the fish available in our waters. It wasn't like that decades ago when fish were far more plentiful than they are today.