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The annual snapper run is just about to kick along with warmer bay temperatures only a matter of weeks away. While Westernport has been producing a few more fish than Port Phillip that is generally the case earllier in the season. For those looking

The squid fishing locally has been excellent even with some rain falling. The more rain will send things a bit quiet but there are still squid available for the weekend angler. The Mornington Peninsula has been the place to start looking with Mornin

This past 10 days have been action packed down in Everglades National Park days of 30 Redfish and 40 Snook have been common. Timing the tide which has been extremely high and low around the full moon was important. On the high tides they were way ba

Squid fishing around both bays has been pretty good recently as we've had no rain until just the last 24hrs. Some of the northern regions of both bays will be discoloured and will need a good few days to clean up - but these areas have been a ta

PANAMA CITY BEACH OFFSHORE The offshore bite is hot (literally) if you can carry your own shade with you do it. A Bimini top can be a bear to fish around but the shade is a welcome relief and a T top is even better short of those big straw hats may

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

Autumn is a great time of year to be out chasing the gummy sharks both in the inlets and bays and also offshore. When calm Autumn conditions prevail the gummy fishing can be very productive as many have been finding out. Customer John landed a crack

Port Phillip has heated up in terms of snapper activity. Up until recently the majority of bites were coming from the northern end of the bay but now things have picked up of Carrum through to Black Rock. Customer Steve a nice 5kg fish out from Blac

The weather has been breezy the last few days but we have kept the rods bent. All anglers pictured were first timers to Flamingo. Lots of small Snook and some slot Redfish. Tarpon were really tough in the windy conditions. Pilchards showed up and ma

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

This is a fun time of year in South Biscayne Bay. While we are waiting for the Mullet run to happen the Pilchards show up. This make targeting Mutton Snappers easy and fun We also catch the tough fighting and great Sushi grade Yellow Jack. There are

What a Week... We had excellent weather and fishing all week, a perfect "chamber of commerce" week. Pilchards (Bait) have been slowly moving away from the middle of Tampa Bay and showing up to spawn on the gra

While snapper reports from Port Phillip have still been a touch on the quiet side due to the weather there were some quality fish caught over the weekend. The best bite from the fish was over Sunday afternoon and into Monday morning and then the win

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 04/06/21 COBIA! Brenton ledge was sight-casting cobia while enjoying ideal conditions off Dampier and this speedster took his lure. Great pic and cobia Brentron the

The snapper reports are about to hit the next level around Melbourne with rising water temperatures and more stable weather on their way. Westernport is still producing more fish if you're unsure where to fish but port Phillip is also worth a fi

Tropical storm Colin stayed well to the north of us so we didn't have any major direct impact from the nasty weather the last few days. However we did get some kicked up winds out of the southwest quadrant blowing 15-25 mph the last few days whi

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

96 Recfishwest Newsletter View this email in your browser Recfishwest Fishing Report 26/04/24 The 69th National Spearfishing Championships have taken place in Dunsborough this week from 20-26 April and Recfishwest are proud to be supporting and fund

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

Westernport's whiting fishing has been excellent recently with the fish going from strength to strength. The average size of the fish is very good at present but will drop off with more small school fish into the start of Summer. There have been