How to get good fishing information when you are out of state?

Question

I have some friends fishing in the Outter Banks this week and my advice to check with some local bait & tackle shops to find out what's happening in the area isn't working. My friends let it be known that they are down on vacation and would like to purchase whatever is currently working. I'd like to know, how do you get your information in this kind of situation?

Answer 1

Western Outdoor News is a periodical with contacts for fishing almost everywhere in the world. But so does Gamefish magazine as well Have you googled "the guide to the outerbanks?" or outfitters for the outer banks?

Answer 2

Find a good fishing forum and ask this question on there and see if any local boys can help you out!  You need to get inside information from anglers around that area.. A good website to get this kind of information is http://www.AnglersResource.org

Answer 3

Unfortunately the best way to to find out what is biting on what lure is to ask the fishermen! The salesmen in the small baitshops are there selling, not fishing. Of course they know the most popular bait or lures that are purchased, but that hardly tells you whether the bait works or not. Find someone in the area that fishes, or a friend of a friend of someone who fishes and ask them to find out for you. Another thing to do is, if your fishing inland whether you're fishin' for small mouth, or walleye, or trout, use what you've always used elsewhere. Remember these fish haven't seen what YOU are using. They may just go for it because it's different!  If you're fishing the ocean, wait till you get there and ask around. Ask fishermen on the pier or from boats.  THEN go fishin"  

Good Luck!

Answer 4

http://www.outerbeaches.com/OuterBanksFi...

http://www.godspeedcharters.com/FishingR...

This is an example of some of the sites for fishing in each area, I normally fish Pt Lookout and several other MD sites, There are lots of boats who report in and actually have info about what is working....

Answer 5

Good question, i ask round, the local tackle shops are a wealth of information if your fishing a new area, when I'm fishing abroad i will hire a guide, even if its just for one day, that way it means you have more time actually catching fish, because of the local knowledge they can provide. Also i talk to any anglers at a spot that i intend to fish, 99% of the time they can be very helpful.

Answer 6

baitshops, other fishermen, online sites

Answer 7

Local guides.

local bait shops ( not Wally world or other big retailers) .

Internet forums.

Internet fishing sites/ groups and clubs for that area.

Local Fisheries department.

Any of the above will help you with tips and best fishing times.~good luck catchin'.

Answer 8

You can never, or very rarely anyway, trust the local bait shops as they will always be more interested in peddling their overstocked bait, rather than whether or not you catch a fish, I have worked in a few of these shops, and it's one of the first things you are told, confuse the tourists.  If the fish are taking mackeral at the east end, send them to the west end with squid, unfortunately, it's general practice these days.

The best way that I've found to get out of town fishing reports is to research the charter boats, as they will flaunt their catches in order to attract custumers, an age old trick, but it still works very well.   If your buddies have a boat you could even talk to the local captains at the docks, and some of them will accept a minimal fee to allow you to follow them out to their spots.  Some folks will try to do this without any offering, and believe me, they are onto this and will lead you to baron ground, it's well worth the 40 or 50 bucks if your not familiar with the area.    Here's a site that will list most of the charter boats on the planet, as I don't know where you are, and there are a lot of outer banks......................................

Answer 9

Usually I found that most state Departments Wildlife Fisheries and Parks will post a fishing report on all the major fishing locations in the area on their website. I know the one in our state actually has a person travel back and forth between popular fishing spots asking the fisherman if they have caught anything, what it was, at what depth, and with what bait. Each week they post this information on the website. I have found it to be very helpful. You/They ought to check with the local DWFP and see what they can find out from them, they are usually more helpful than anyone trying to SELL you anything...lol.

I hope this helps. Good luck.

Answer 10

try a small local sporting /bait store