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The salmon numbers have been increasing over the past weeks both on the beaches and also in the bay from the piers and rocks. Nearly all of the beaches have been performing well with the average size of the fish around 1kg. Customer Mark has been ca

Good Morning Spring is here or at least the fish think it is. There have been a bunch of Mullet and Pilchards in the river. The Sook fishing in the South Fork has been pretty good working topwater plugs along the mangroves has produced the best. If

April is one of the best months to chase sailfish in the Southeast Region. It’s on the tail end of the season as the main body of fish are pushing through and you can do really well if you get the right conditions. We like to start our day by

Preparation is the key to consistent dolphin action. Before you leave the dock you want to rig your rods and trolled baits. You’ll want at least one spinning rod with a 60 pound monofilament leader and 4/0 to 6/0 hook and one rigged with a lur

The autumn run of salmon is starting to show up both along the beaches and inside the bays with varied size fish getting around. The back beaches of Gunnamatta Kilcunda and Venus Bay are all producing fish with some nice fish to 3kg turning up. Insi

Snapper reports have started to really ramp up over the past week or so with some rain and semi consistent warmer weather really helping things out a lot. With the bay temperature warming the snapper bite is getting better and better but it still se

June is here and we are getting into the summer time mode here in Islamorada. The last week or so we've had very calm wind which has been nice and led to some good conditions for many things. We had a little bit of rain on and off for a couple d

The bait has been insane this summer! Plenty of pilchards and greenies have been easy sabiki baits to catch at Bullshark Barge three miles south of the inlet. While out there you can always cast a lure or fly for a bonito or drop a bonito for a goli

Late July and all of August are a great time to chase amberjacks in my region because there’s a lot of bait schools on the offshore wrecks and reefs. This is the time of the year when the grunts are everywhere and there’s also sardines t

The tuna action hasn't stopped along the west coast with the main hotspots being Portland and Port Fairy. There have been fish caught from Apollo Bay right through to the SA border but most anglers have been fishing from or Portland or Port Fairy

This past week I have fished from South Biscayne Bay Flamingo and Ft Lauderdale area. I have had success in most of the spots but on Saturday fished Ft Lauderdale under heavy winds and cold front conditions. Flamingo as usual was the hot spot! I fis

Off Shore: Black Fin Tuna action has been very good along the edge of Conch Reef and the Islamorada Hump. Live bait presentations like bump trolling and live bait chumming with Pilchards has been very productive. Slow trolling with small plastic lur

Good afternoon The offshore trolling has been slow with the exception of Sailfish being caught on live Pilchards but the bottom fishing has been great. Many reports of big Mangroves and Muttons scattered along the reefs from 60-100ft. A fair bit dee

Wahoo are one of my favorite fish to catch in blue water. They’re fast they’re mean they get pretty darn big and they’re really good to eat so there’s not a lot not to like about wahoo. July and August are two of the best mon

Capt. Joe Ward/Capt. Joe’s River Charters January 13 2015 INSHORE – Everyone is looking forward to the opening of snook season in a few short days. February 1 and it should be a good season. We’ve been seeing a lot of snook. The bes

June is a hot month in Florida so if you’re going to want to target spotted seatrout you want to be on the water at dawn to take advantage of the coolest time of the day. You can catch trout all day long but the best bites are going to take pl

While the snapper run is about to get most Melbourne anglers excited here is a good reason to keep all options covered! Customer Steve was out fishing just offshore from Westernport recently in search of some snapper moving in when he scored a rippe

Westernport bay has been producing snapper this week for anglers. The fish have moved about a bit as the water temperature in the port shifts but there are still good numbers to be caught. The main areas to concentrate on have been from Stony Point

The snook fishing has been great this week in the Everglades! This is one of many beautiful snook caught using live pilchards for bait.  April is almost over and May is one of the best months for snook fishing! Don’t  miss out on some

The rough weather has brought the snapper on the bite along the Eastern side of Port Phillip lately. The region from Port Melbourne down through to Sandringham has been holding plenty of fish in the shallows with fish to 5kg present. James from Unre