Fishing Tips

On March 17, 2011 Fishing Status was born. In the last 3 years, Fishing Status has grown from a tiny website about fishing the Outer Banks, to one of the largest fishing sites in the world.  Here are a few of the milestones: ·         41+ million page views ·   ...

Are you fishing the break? If not, you have been missing out. A “break” can be many different things, but the two types of breaks I am referring to are related to water color and temperature.  Not only will you catch more fish on the break, you will save time and gas looking for the right spot. Color Break The color break ca...

There is a lot of science in fishing, and we are trying to make it easier. We have updated the algorithm on our Local Fishing Forecast page to help tell you the best times of the day to fish.  We are also updating the fishing lures that are on the market, to help narrow down the best ones to use for the right time of day. Every time a fish...

We want to make our fishing lure selector better on our website and mobile application. We are adding new lures to the database, but if you have a preferred lure for catching fish, we want to hear about it. For helping us out, we will give you a month of Fishing Status Professional for free.  Step #1: Login or Register to the site....

I’ve fished all my life. I mainly fished freshwater the first half of my life, and now primarily saltwater. Regardless of where you fish, there are many things you can do before each trip to be better prepared and fish smarter. Before I started Fishing Status, I would have to visit many different websites to get the latest fishing report...

Hello it has come to me that structure can be difficult with out the right equipment. knowing that there is so much to choose from when it comes to structure maps. we need the right choice but I have yet to use one. I've relied on hotspots or Honey holes for catching fish. it can be a affective fishing effort but remember it can be harder. If you...

We have been busy mapping boat ramps. We have added over 10,000 boat ramps to our database this week. We also added a new page to our site to help you find your boat ramp.  We will be adding more ramps and launches, stay tuned for updates!

This is a quick video of how to find fishing spots with Fishing Status. For the example, we show fishing spots in Islamorada, Florida.

The wind has been blowing like crazy and that makes it hard to put the line where you want it, but it doesn't make it impossible to catch fish. From all the rains lately, the water is murky and fast so high visibility colors are working really well for crappie which is what it's all about right now. Remember to cast in front of where you want to be...

This video shows you how to use Fishing Status to download fishing spots for your favorite areas. There are over 226,000 fishing spots in the database, so I am sure you will find new fishing spots today.   

The new version of Fishing Status for Android has been released. We fixed real time location updates when posting a new report or spot. We also updated the maps and spots. Check Google Play and update today!

The 2012.01.16 version of Fishing Status for Android has been released. In this version, you can submit your fishing reports and fishing spots along with a picture. We also recently added the ability to register and login from the app. Combined with our new maps functionality, we make it easy to find and catch more fish.

2012 was a fantastic year for fishing and for Fishing Status. Here are a few of the stats since 1/1/2012: 110,368 Mobile App downloads.  92,072 fishing data reports. 39,208 Fishing Spots add to the database. 15,457 Fishing Reports submitted. 2,941 new members. 716 new Charters added to the directory. Thank you for a great year and we h...

We have updated our fishing maps. There are now over 240 US locations you can download GPS fishing spots to import into your navigation unit. All downloads include a GPX file full of the best fishing spots with coordinates for the area. If we missed your area, please let us know!  http://fishingstatus.com/Places/Maps.aspx

We were “reel” busy last month, bringing you more tools to help you catch more fish. As we move into the dog days of summer, we wanted to share our new updates. Fishing Map We have updated our Fishing Map to include buoy, oil rig, and ship data. We also updated our Sea Surface Temperatures to include a better overlay of current SST ch...

As we move into the new moon phase this week, our daytime fishing should pick up. If I could only fish 1 time this week, it would beThursday between 5 and 8 AM or 6 till 9 PM. Alternatively, 5 AM till 8 AM onWednesday or 6 till 9 PM Friday. Depending on weather conditions and thechanges in sea surface temperature, Wednesday- Friday should be the...

Picking the right color fishing lure can be the difference between and good and bad day of fishing. We took the time to do the research for how colors appear in different clarity of water, weather conditions, seasons, and time of day. Using our fishing lure selector, you will find out techniques, types of lures, and the colors you should be using....

I’ve been tweaking a little code I originally wrote to find sustained sea surface temperatures for the NC Coast. I now have the application processing each pixel of the AVHRR satellite image of the East Coast and Gulf of Mexico as they come in.  For the report, it is reviewing each pixel for the last 7 days and plotting any areas that...

Ever wonder what fish are around during a particular time of the year? Below are links to a number of local fishing infromation pages for many different locations around North Carolina. Each provide the detail of current fishing conditions, species of fish, reports, etc. From each page you can get a full fishing prediction that allows you to...

I could not go fishing this weekend, so I decided to do a little research that some of you may find interesting. I took the dates of 545 World Record fish, and fed them to a moon phase calculator, to find the moon phase for each one. Here are the results: Full Moon 85 New Moon 84 First Quarter Moon 83 Waxing Gibbous Moon 69 Waning Gibbo...