Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Ward

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - JULY 12, 2007 INSHORE - There has been a good snapper bite around the local bridges, channel edges and in the Ft. Pierce Inlet. A live shrimp or a small white bait are the ticket and most of the fish were from 1 to 3 pounds. The trout action is s more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - JULY 5, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been good with plenty of trout being caught both early in the morning and late in the afternoon. Top water baits or a live pigfish fished in 3 to 5 feet of water has been your best bet. The redfish b more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - JUNE 28, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing for the most part has been a little slower this week with the best action coming from the snapper. They have been around just about every kind of structure, along the channel edges and in the Ft. Pierce more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - JUNE 21, 2007 INSHORE - The trout fishing has been the best it's been all year with most of the fish coming from the edges of the flats in 4 to 6 feet of water and caught on a live pigfish. Although, a soft plastic bait or a jerk bait will work ju more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - June 14, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing for trout had been hard to beat with a lot of fish in the 2 to 4 pound range. Also, there have been good reports of trout over 5 pounds. The bigger fish have been caught early in the morning in 3 feet o more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - JUNE 10, 2007 INSHORE - With snook season closed a lot of anglers are targeting trout and redfish with pretty good reports coming in. The hot spots this week for the trout was at Bear Point and all the way down to Blind Creek. Try using a live pi more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 31, 2007   INSHORE - With the wind blowing hard again all week it is making the fishing tough for most of the open flats.  But, the anglers who are fishing around the spoil islands are finding a good number of trout and a few redfish.  Try the more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 25, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been good when you could get out of the wind. The East side of the river is about the only place you were able to fish. The die hard snook anglers are making their last push to land a keeper before t more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 17, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been good all week it was just a matter of getting out of the wind. On the better days the trout bite has been strong from Bear Point to Middle Cove when using soft plastic baits early in the morning more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 12, 2007 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has picked up some since the wind has calmed down some. The trout bite has picked up at Round Island, Harbor Branch to the north in the river and down around the Midway Road area to the south. The trout more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce