Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Ward

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 24, 2006 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been up and down this week with the only bite that has been steady was the trout taking top water baits just after daylight in 1 to 3 feet of water and a live shrimp (if you were lucky enough to find t more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 18, 2006 INSHORE - The action on the flats has been good this week with lots of big trout being caught along the deeper edges of the flats when using top water baits. Look for the redfish in 1 to 2 feet of water and a soft plastic baits or a c more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 11, 2006 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been good with lots of snook being reported around the bridges, in the Turing Basin and up on the flats to the north of the North Bridge. The best time has been just before daylight until about 9am. more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - May 3, 2006 INSHORE - The inshore fishing this week has been tough with all the Northeast winds we have had. However, I did get reports from the anglers that went out anyway and some of the reports were good ones. There has been a good redfish bi more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - April 18, 2006 INSHORE - The inshore fishing has been good this week with plenty of trout being reported. On my charter last Friday, Don Rufus caught a 31 inch -- 13 pound spotted seatrout. This was one of the biggest reported with plenty of tro more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - April 5, 2006 INSHORE - The fishing and water conditions have improved this week as the wind has finally laid down. The trout bite has been the best that I've seen in months with fish to 10 pounds being reported. Try fishing soft plastic baits aro more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - March 30, 2006 INSHORE - Now that the wind has changed direction and slowed down some the reports are coming in about the good bite in the river. The trout have been in 2 to 4 feet of water around places like the Midway Road area, up at Round Isla more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - March 23, 2006 INSHORE - The wind this week has made fishing tough but, the anglers that chose to fight the wind caught pretty good fish. There were a lot of trout being reported around the spoil islands and they were feeding on live shrimp. Try more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - March 16, 2006 INSHORE - The fishing has been good despite all the wind. Look for the trout around the spoil islands to the north of the North Bridge. The best bait to use this week has been a green and red cottee jig. There has been some redfis more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - March 9, 2006 INSHORE - The snook fishing has picked up this week around the bridges, Turning Basin and around the docks along the Ft. Pierce Inlet. Jumbo live shrimp have been the bait of choice, but a 2oz. Flair Hawk fished around the bridges ha more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce