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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

May continues to roll on hard to beleive it's almost over! Well the winds have finally laid down the last few days and we are having more typical summer time 'light breezes'. Tarpon fishing continues to be the priority for many anglers.

NAVARRE We dodged another bullet with tropical storm Karen this weekend. Other than a little rain on Sunday the only real impact was firing up the inshore fishing. The rest of the week is looking pretty good with light north winds and cool temperatu

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 24/02/23 If you ever see a whale shark or large ray cruising past your boat...this image might convince you to throw a lure (or eight) around to entice a cobia stri

While most anglers would not assume that Autumn is 'snapper time' - from late February through to April the snapper fishing in Port Phillip bay can be very good. The best part about this 'late' season fishing is that normally there i

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 28/04/23 Barramundi cod are located throughout WA's northern waters and based on their appearance it's clear how they received their names! This species is

Well the Everglades National Park has been shut down and it has limited options for many of our islamorada fishing guides locally. It's also been off season so we have not been getting ou every day but there have been a few options to hit. Capt.

  Tuna reports from western Victoria have been a bit wish-washy over the past few weeks mainly due to on and off again weather. When the conditions have been good there have still been school fish caught right through from Port Fairy to west of

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 03/06/22 Credit: Daniel Schluter Our contributors Aaron Moses John Dempsey Peter Fullarton John Curtis G'day > It's finished! The Salmon Slam 2022 competiti

December has been fairly warm though we had a slight drop in temperature here lately. Yesterday the patch reef fishing was pretty good for Capt. John Johansen and Capt. Rick Stanczyk. Capt. John reported a good bite of spanish mackerel and some big

Noosa River: Happy New Year! Despite the busy holiday season 2018 has started off with some pretty good fishing. Down toward the river mouth area there's been quality Whiting Bream and Flathead on offer in the Frying Pan and the Dog Beach. Live

For the anglers who have been down along the state's west over the past week or so the tuna fishing has continued to be good. James from Unreel Fishing Charters has been fishing around Port Fairy over the past few weeks and has found no shortage

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 23/06/23 Landed yourself a rainbow trout with a full tail lately? It means it has likely grown up in the wild rather than in a hatchery. Many trout that are bred in

The surf beaches around the region have really been producing some quality salmon of late. With some nice calm winter weather and moderate swell it has made for good beach fishing conditions and salmon to over 1.5kg just top it off. While there have

On our way south toward the Rogers river area to fish for snook and redfish we came across this beautiful  triple tail who couldn’t resist a live pilchard for bait. Triple tail are a great fighting fish and are one of the best fish to eat

Unlike a lot of areas of the state where you can sight cast cobia free-swimming along the beaches in the Southwest Region we find our fish either on wrecks or on the grass flats. On the southern end of my region from Ft. Myers Beach all the way down

Venus Bay has really been on fire this winter for the salmon. We have had some excellent salmon fishing around the state this season with plenty of fish in the bays and along the beaches - but Venus Bay has been a real stand out. While the fish numb

As we approach the Spring the fishing turns on big time as bait shows up in the river and outside the inlet. Small and medium pilchards can be found in “rain drop” schools early morning before light in the shallows near the causeways and o

  Westernport Bay has experienced a normal Autumn run of elephant fish and although they have been relatively quiet last year numbers are better so far this season. Many anglers crossing over between whiting and gummy water have found the eleph

Many anglers have been aware of the tuna activity along the west of the coast and have been making the most of these fish again this week. There have been fish stretched from Portland and further west right across to offshore from Westernport and Inv