I was out at Goffinsville today meeting Kenny King and his fishing crew John Raker and John's mother Betty early this morning. We had a bait well full of mud minnow electing to go with no shrimp today and we headed over to Pumpkin Hill to make our first stop on a tide that still was coming in for another 2  hours. We set up alongside a flooding...

Back to work today fishing out of Old Town Bait and Tackle after meeting Joseph Segraves and his son David early. We headed up to the Jolley River - all the way up to a point where I hoped to fish the last of an incoming tide with float rigs and live shrimp. We had excellent conditions with an overcast sky but the current was already at a standst...

I fished with the Coffey's a couple of weeks ago and we got to talking recipes and Tracy B described what sounded like a good one. They caught some fish and planned to use it so I asked if they could send it to me and here it is..Tracy B Coffey's..... Garlic Parmesan Crusted Fish 6 Fish filets Olive Oil Kosher Salt Black Pepper 1/3 cup Panko bre...

When I looked at the weather forecast last night rain was predicted to be around 67% for the morning and when I called my guest they just weren't up for the wetness. But after yesterday's excellent trip and no real storm predicted with the rain and now a day off I had already decided I was going fishing. When I called friend and neighbor Bill Mac...

I fished with John Raker and his fishing partner Kenny meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. We made a short hop over to some just exposed oyster beds on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours and set up to fish float rigs with live shrimp and mud minnows. It didn't take long before the duo was catching fish - small...

If you didn't see the extensive and explanative Facebook post by Nic Bremer owner of Amelia Island Bait and Tackle/Old Town Bait and Tackle he has instituted a parking/launch fee at Old Town Bait and Tackle. There is a $5 daily park or launch fee or you can pay a $50 fee for an annual permit.  As Nic mentioned in his post he and his family have...

I fished with Justin Palmore and his two sons Will and Bentley this morning meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a long run up the intercoastal and made our way over to Poteat Cut to set up along some exposed oyster beds on an outgoing tide that still had a few hours to hit bottom. We had good action early catching a co...

We fished out of Sawpit Creek today after I met Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard early. I had a live well of shrimp and had caught some mud minnows. After running a little bit up the Nassau River we began to fish a shell bank on the last of an outgoing tide baited with the live shrimp. I was a somewhat surprised that we didn't get a bite not even a J...

Our weather pattern has been holding the last few weeks...great early morning sometimes even overcast like today with just a slight breeze then some sunshine then the heat comes on by about 10am.  And the fish bite has been similar. I met Grant Gressman and his son Colton along with Grant's dad Charlie out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early...

For 2023 NOAA graciously (sarcasm) gave us two days to fish for the Genuine American Red Snapper. Two days out of 365 days. Completely ridiculous. However we ran all 5 boats two trips per day with one exception that slipped through the cracks where Capt. D ran a 12hr on Day #1. With that we […] The post Red Snapper Season 2023 appeared first on Te...

We had a bit of wind today which kept things cooler for most of the morning. After meeting Jacob Jones is fiancé Lexi and his father Lawton up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp we made a long run up and around to the Jolley River and continued on around to the MOA to catch the first of an incoming tide before the oysters covered up. I thi...

I thought I had the day off today and had a long to-do list ready but luckily the Coffey's saved me! One of my regular customers who was set to fish today called in that he'd had to have an emergency medical procedure so the day was opened when Tracy Coffey contacted me yesterday afternoon. I met him his son Tracy B and his daughter-in-law Maggie...

I was fishing south today after meeting Brad Lanier down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. And I was feeling pretty good about my choice for the first spot to hit so we ran up the intercoastal and peeled off when we got to Poteat Cut and began to fish some expose oyster beds with jigs and live shrimp on the first of an incoming tide. We worked that...

I fished north today meeting the Yeager boys - Keith and his sons Reece and Renner - up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We made a run up and around to the Jolley River and began to fish the bank with float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that still had a few hours to hit high. Reece was on the bow and got hot quick catching a goo...

Trout. They just keep coming. I had met the Dickens group set up by Sparkle - her son David son-in-law Domenic grandson Chris and her brother Jack - early down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We made a short run up the Nassau River and turned into the incoming current at Spanish Drop and began to work the bank with float rigs and live shrimp on a...

I was back to work today fishing with the Ankney boys   Carson Cooper Christian and their brother-in-law Blake. We met early this morning up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing thru the no-wake zone we headed up to the Jolley River and turned into the current (what there was) and began to toss float rigs and live shrimp up t...

I met Keenan Bell his grandfather Tom and uncles Tommy and Ricky out at Goffinsville Park early this morning. There was a tide still coming in so we made our way over to Pumpkin Hill and set up to drift floats long baited with live shrimp and mud minnows. (Note the shrimp seemed to do better than the minnows today).  Ricky did pick up a small Jac...

I met David Vice and Robert Stettner out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early this morning and boy was it a pretty day...and we had a bit of breeze for the most part. We made a run thru Horsehead and over to Poteat Cut to set up fishing a tide that had just started out tossing float rigs and live shrimp.  David was once up on the bow while R...

I've fished with the Maron family for over 10 years. When they would visit Amelia Island Mike Maron would make sure to arrange a fishing trip and sometimes two to get everyone out on the water and get some family fishing time in. It was always a pleasure to get to fish with Mike and his family and I looked forward to seeing them each year.  Unfor...

I fished south today meeting Garland Clark and his son Kris down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made the run up the intercoastal and made our way to Poteat Cut to set up tossing float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been going out for about two hours. The flip of the coin paid off - we had only been fishing a few minutes when Kr...

I wrapped my week up yesterday fishing with Glenn and Patti Langford. We met up at Old Town Bait and made our way over to the outside of Tyger to fish floats and live shrimp on a tide that had been going out for about an hour. As it's been all week it was a beautiful day and as we eased up to some flooded grass we could see all kinds of bait acti...

All week long we've had beautiful days today included but for the most part we had to really work to get some fish in the boat. But today we had the beauty and we caught more fish!  I had met Robert Stettner and David Vice out at Goffinsville Park early and with a tide that had been coming in for about an hour we made a quick run down to Broward...

It seemed like we were in line to get one fish per spot that we hit today. I had met Phil Bailey up at Old Town Bait and Tackle on another beautiful day and with a tide that had been coming in for about 4 hours we ran over and up the Bell River to set up on a point with plans to toss float rigs to the grass. If it wasn't Phil's first cast it was...

What a super beautiful day we had today!  I met Dennis Brizzi and his fishing crew Bob and Jeremy out at Goffinsville Park mid morning with plans to fish the first of an outgoing tide. It was still coming in at Goffinsville so we ran over to Pumpkin Hill and drifted float rigs and live shrimp along the flooding marsh line.  As it turned out we did...

We had a pretty good thunderstorm come thru last evening enough so that our dog Jasper was hunting security. It was still raining when I went to bed but when I got up this morning it had quit and we had just a breeze as I made my way to the bait shop. Afterwards I met Frank and Joanne Wytiaz down at Sawpit Creek and we made our way up the Back Ri...