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The land based fishing for snapper has been exceptional over the past few weeks. The normal run of land based reds occurs from late July onward but the shore based fishing has really heated up the past fortnight both locally and out of town. Custome

Reports of snapper movements have been slowly starting to pick up around both bays as fish push their way in through the entrances. While the water temperatures in both bays is still cold the snapper will continue to move in over the next few months

We fished a full day today and started off by catching some live Pilchards along the Shore. We then hit a Patch Reef to catch some live Ballyhoo and some Yellowtail Snappers for dinner. Snapper fishing was exceptionally good today! We then tried for

The fall harvest of snook opens on September 1 across Florida and anglers are looking to catch a fish for the table after a three month closure. In many areas of the state the fish are still spawning so they’re schooled up in the inlets and pa

The colder months of the year are the best time for anglers to hunt down some aussie salmon. Salmon prefer the cooler water and during the winter months there is normally no shortage of baitfish such as whitebait and pilchards along with smaller gar

  There have been a few school mulloway caught around Melbourne over the last few weeks with most of the metro rivers producing a few. The Yarra Maribyrnong Werribee and Patterson rivers have all seen a few caught with most fish averaging aroun

Westernport Bay has been producing some solid winter snapper for anglers putting in the time to target them. There are reasonably good numbers of fish around at the moment but they are very finicky with what they are eating and when. Most of the fis

OFFSHORE- The sailfish bite went off pretty good this week. A lot of fish scattered from south of Palm Beach Inlet up to Jupiter Inlet. Best bite seems to be in 120-200' of water depending on conditions and bait. Live goggle eyes under the kites

From June through September the Gulf of Mexico is usually flat calm and that’s a great time to run offshore and try to target dolphin in the Southwest Region. When you’re targeting dolphin you can expect to run 60 to 65 miles before you

Capt. Joe Ward/Capt. Joe’s River Charters February 12 2014 INSHORE – “Everyone was looking forward to the opening of snook season on February 1 and it got off to a slow start. Most of the reports so far have been about short sno

Flamingo was Red Hot this week I was down there 4 days and caught everything that swims. On Monday and Tuesday I fished with Paul Davis His friends Mie and John. Paul grew up across the street from me growing up his brother Bobby was actually my bes

Treasure Coast Fishing Forecast - April 2019 April is here on the Treasure Coast and brings Spring conditions to the area. Mild temperatures and windy days will be the norm this month. Fishing will be very productive as bait fills the river and the f

Well the backcountry and inshore fishing in Islamorada has remained strong the last several days. It has been on the windier side with winds swinging from the east south and today southwest. Usual stuff for the spring time here. Stiff breezes but th

 I fished with Stefan once before and he was back today with his friend Eugene and his 10 year old son Marlon.  They wanted dinner so we looked for pilchards but they were MIA hmmm that stinks.  No worries I had plenty of live shrimp

November 3rd 2014 – The first cold front of the season for Key West ushers in a whole new list of species to fish for here out of Key West. Cooler water temps with copious amounts of mullet pilchards and mahua are the ingredients needed to boos

The weather finally warmed up and the water temperature is now in the mid 70’s and climbing! Consequently I’m starting to use live bait live minnows (pilchards) again which sometimes catches bigger better quality fish than shrimp or jigs

The local beaches continue to produce some nice salmon for anglers braving the cold mornings. Early morning high tides have been the best bite window however the fish can be caught all day long if a few preparation steps are involved. To make the mo

22" trout caught on live pilchard in a 7 to 10 ft hole

Definitely best fish of the week! I covered a lot of water in the last week. I fished with long time clients Tim and Paul at Flamingo one day Biscayne Bay the next and then Key Largo a couple days later. They caught a bunch of Snook and Tim’s

Capt. Mike Anderson and Capt. Billy Nobles/Reel Animals Fishing Team Report January 18 2015 The trout bite remains special. January is normally my favorite month for big gnarly “gator trout” on Tampa Bay and it’s so far so good. With