Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Ward

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing has been good all week even with the water being dirty. There has been plenty of trout action to the North around Harbor Branch area all the way to the 17th Street Bridge in Vero Beach. The trout action to the South all you need to more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing is still not what it should be this time of year. With all the rain we have had a massive amount of fresh water dumped into the Indian River. This has made inshore fishing very difficult. If you were one of the anglers who was wi more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Trout fishing has picked back up even with all the fresh water in the river. Most of the fish are being caught on the high tide and early in the morning. It seems that most of the bigger trout are coming from around Bear Point where the water is a more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Well, I guess the biggest thing to report this past week is all of the fresh water that is flowing into the Indian River from Taylor Creek which is making the inshore fish a lot harder to find. If you are lucky enough to find the fish then it is har more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing has been good most of this past week with trout giving the anglers the most action from just before daylight until about 8:00am. Top water baits like a Zara Spook or a Top Dog fished close to the shore have taken the most fish. After more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing remains steady for trout, redfish, catch and release snook, snapper and tarpon. There were a lot of trout and snapper weighed in this past week. TROUT - The trout bite has been best from just before daylight until about 8:00 or 8:3 more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing for trout, redfish and catch and release snook has been red hot in the early morning hours this past week. The tarpon are here but they are still being picky about eating. Most of the trout have been caught on live shrimp or pigfish more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Well, summer time is here and the inshore fish know it and they are in their summer time pattern for feeding. This means you need to fish early in the morning or in the afternoon after one of the rain storms that we are having. TROUT - Summer ti more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The trout action has been good all week with the early morning hours being the best. Live pigfish or light color plastic baits fished very slowly are working the best. The late afternoon trout bite has not been as strong as last week. Now is the t more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishing in the Ft. Pierce area has greatly improved this past week even with the afternoon showers. REDFISH - There were a few reports of redfish being caught this past week. An 18 inch red was caught at the North Bridge on live shrimp more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce