Fishing Reports by Capt. Joe Ward

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - With all the strong southeast wind this week most of the inshore action has been in two places, north of the North Bridge and the east side of the river and in the Ft. Pierce Inlet. The trout bite has been hot during the early morning hours with more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishig has been great for trout and snook. The trout have been on the flats in 3 to 5 feet of water and are feeding on pigfish (when you can find them) and live shrimp. Fish the shrimp under a popping cork or free line it. On 2 charter more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishing for trout and snapper has remained steady this past week with most of the action going to the snapper. The snapper are still along the channel edges and the bite has been strong from morning until night. A live shrimp and a trol more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - The inshore fishing has been good with the trout bite coming in the early morning. The big fish are taking top water baits or live pigfish right at daylight. You may want to try places like the Midway Road area, Bear Point, Harbor Branch, Round Isl more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing in Ft. Pierce has remained steady for trout. The most action has been coming from areas like Harbor Branch, Round Island, Little Mud Creek and the Mooring up near Vero Beach. A topwater bait fish from first light until about 8:00am more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing has been on one day and off the next and with all the rain we are having the water is flooding out of Taylor Creek and making the river a mess. About the only fish that likes this kind of water is the snook and they have been making more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - Inshore fishing this past week has been tough for most anglers with all the wind and RAIN! I did have a few reports from the first part of the week about nice sized trout coming from the area around Harbor Branch. Live shrimp or a pigfish were the more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - This past Saturday, June 1st, was the fifth and final inshore fishing tournament for this school year for the local chapter of the National Teen Anglers from Forest Grove Middle School. It was also the 1st Teen Anglers Challenge Tournament which is more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - With the close of snook season just a little more than a week away the winds have kept most of the snook anglers at home. But, I have gotten a few reports from the diehard snook fishermen who were catching nice sized snook on live bait at the City M more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce

Fishing Report for Ft. Pierce, Florida - It has been a good week for the inshore anglers that wanted to get up early and work hard for a fish. With the hot temperatures and the clear water it is time to change a few things. Start by reducing the size of your line. I went from 10 to 14 po more...
Capt. Joe Ward - Fort Pierce