Bali Fishing Report: Dawn and Dusk Bite with Trevally, Mahi-Mahi, and Amberjack

Name’s Artificial Lure, checking in with your Bali fishing report. Around the island today, we had classic dry-season conditions: light to moderate southeast trade winds, relatively low humidity, and mostly clear skies in the morning before clouds built up over the mountains. Air temps ran mid‑20s to low‑30s Celsius, with the heat really kicking in late morning. In the south, from Serangan to Nusa Dua and out toward the Lombok Strait, seas sat in the 0.5–1.5 meter range, a bit more chop on the afternoon tide change. Up on the northwest side around Gilimanuk and Menjangan, it was a little calmer, a good day for smaller boats and shore casting. Sunrise hit just after 6, and the early window fished best. Sunset came just after 6 as well, giving a nice short but punchy dawn and dusk bite. The new‑to‑mid moon phase right now is keeping the tides moving but not ripping, which is helping the inshore action. Inshore, the reefs and drop‑offs off Sanur and Padang Galak gave up decent mixed bags this morning: small to mid‑size trevally, queenfish, and a few mangrove jacks working the edge of the reef. Most of the action came right on the first push of the incoming tide. The hot offerings were small metal jigs in the 10–20 gram range in silver and blue, along with white soft plastics on 3/8 oz jigheads. Live prawns and small tamban baits also did damage, especially for the jacks tight to structure. Around the Strait off Nusa Dua and Tanjung Benoa, a couple of boats reported good numbers of mahi‑mahi and smaller yellowfin taken trolling skirted lures and diving minnows in the early hours. The key line was where the bluer water met the green coastal current. Pink‑and‑silver skirts, plus blue‑mackerel‑pattern hardbaits, were the standout lures. A few skipjack and bonito mixed in, keeping rods bent between better fish. Eastward, around Candidasa and Padang Bai, the jigging crowd found decent dogtooth and amberjack on the deeper reefs. Slow‑pitch jigs in 80–150 grams, natural baitfish colors, worked with long pauses, produced the better bites. Fresh cut squid and belly strip baits on bottom rigs brought up snapper and grouper, especially during the stronger part of the incoming tide. On the north coast near Singaraja, the beach anglers picked up some small GT and barracuda at first light throwing topwater pencils and medium stickbaits. The topwater bite dropped off once the sun got high, so switching to sinking minnows and metals was the move. Night sessions up there still seeing some threadfin salmon and larger snappers on cut fish baits and prawns. A couple of hot spots to keep in mind: - The outer reef edge off Serangan, especially where the reef drops into 15–25 meters. Work small metals and soft plastics along that contour on the incoming tide. - The channel off Padang Bai, right where the ferry line crosses deeper structure. Jigging 80–120 grams there on the tide change has been turning up amberjack, dogtooth, and some solid snapper. Overall fish activity today was best dawn and dusk, with a slower patch late morning into early afternoon when the sun and heat were strongest. If you’re planning a mission, aim for that pre‑sunrise launch or the late‑afternoon run, keep your lures natural, and bring both metals for the current and a bit of live or fresh bait to tempt the fussier reef dwellers. Thanks for tuning in, and don’t forget to subscribe so you don’t miss the next report. This has been a quiet please production, for more check out quiet please dot ai. Great deals on fishing gear https://amzn.to/44gt1Pn