I fished with John Cipriani and  his fishing buddy John Givens this morning and after meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp we made a quick run around to the other side of Seymore's Pointe with plans to drift float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been going out for about an hour. John was tossing the flat rig and had a few g...

I wrapped my week up fishing with the Portfleet's Tim and Lori and their daughter Danielle. After meeting them early this morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we ran up the Nassau River to make our first stop at Spanish Drop on a tide that had one hour to hit bottom. All three anglers were tossing jigs - Danielle and Lori baited with live s...

I fished south today meeting Allen Richardson and his grandson Walker early at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We made the run up the intercoastal and around to Poteat Cut to fish jigs and live shrimp on the last of an outgoing tide. Both anglers were getting good casts we had some nibbles but no real takers. After fishing one drainage over in Jackst...

I did a quick trip this afternoon with Tom Pool and his wife Terri meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle ramp. We ran over to the outside of Tyger and fished with float rigs on a tide that had been going out for just a bit and it paid off - Tom hooked up and landed Seatrout. We ran up to the Jolley River and fished the bank with the floa...

I fished this morning with the Keller group- Tom Keller and his son-in-law Andrew and grandson Bryson. After meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp we made our longest run up to the Jolley River and all the way up to the MOA where we set up to toss jigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been coming in for about an hour. After...

I finished my week up fishing with Howard McClure and his fishing buddy Joe. I met them early this morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and even though we had some forecasted winds to get up around 14mph we were eager to get out into the backwaters and get some fishing done. After making a 15 minute run up the intercoastal thru Back River on...

Today was one of those windy dreary days when you just hope you catch a fish with the tough conditions considered. I had met Brian Roach and his son Michael and friend Lee down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and as we were running to our first spot the wind was already kicking a bit. But we made our way around to Pumpkin Hill and set up to drift...

I fished today with Don Bickel and  his brother-in-law Doc meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. The tide was still coming in for  just a few minutes so we made a quick run over to Pumpkin Hill anchored and began to drift float rigs with live shrimp. My demo cast produced a bite that I wasn't ready for but subsequent drifts produc...

On Monday May 29th 2023 aka known as Memorial Day **Never Forget** we ran a 12hr charter with a multi-return customer (Dr. Nic) out of Mayport. Dr. Nic brought his 2 boys Drew and Luke who are young but you can tell they LOVE fishing! We used our 37ft Cape Horn with the owner Capt. […] The post 12hr Charter May 29th – Drew and Luke Rippin Lips app...

After a long weekend off with the Memorial Day holiday I was back at it today when I met Tom Jenkins with his son Braden and friend Steve with his son Zach. We met early up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp eased out of Eagans Creek and made our way over to the outside of Tyger on a tide that had been going out for about 2  hours. That f...

Well since the troll only yielded us a mahi a wahoo a few short strikes and some pulled hooks we took our frustrations out on the bottom fish! Capt. JD assisted me today with an awesome group of men/friends from the great state of Tennessee. The mutton bite was fired up for the 3hrs we […] The post Mutton and Mangrove Snapper on a 12HR appeared fi...

We've had rain and wind all week and trips had to be cancelled or rescheduled but we were able to squeeze in a trip today before tomorrows expected high winds (again).  I met Laura and Alex Winter out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early and although it was nice and sunny the NE wind was already picking up a bit. We fished between a couple of...

I wrapped the week up fishing with  my newest in-laws Douglas and Cindy Bailey who were down visiting Amelia Island to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary!  We met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp eased out of Eagans Creek and made a quick run over to Bell River where we set  up fishing a flooded oyster bed with float rigs and l...

We had another Bragging Rights entry burst onto the scene today the 2nd in consecutive days!  I had met Don Frank and his fishing partner Paul up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after making our way out of Eagans we made a short run over and up to the Bell River where we set up to toss float rigs and live shrimp The tide still had...

I fished north again today meeting Scott Jones and his fishing team - Mathew and Andrew - up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We eased down Eagans Creek and made our way over to the outside of Tyger Island to set up tossing float rigs with live shrimp on the first of an outgoing tide. These anglers had made a good handful of casts and on...

I wrapped up my week fishing with Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning with a tide that had been going out for a few hours. We made a quick trip around to the old Sawpit bridge and set up to drift slip floats long with live shrimp as bait but to no avail - we had no bites not even a nibb...

I fished the the Klein group this morning Tom and Gail and their friends Rob and Sherrie. We launched up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made the short run over to behind Tyger to fish the logs ( or what's left of them). We worked the entire bank thoroughly on the first of an incoming tide and ev...

Although it was a bit overcast this morning it made for a great day of fishing with only a slight breeze blowing. I had met Jonathan Valdez and his father-in-law Dan out at the Goffinsville Park on an almost low tide -it was still going out so we went down a ways and fished between two docks with jigs and live shrimp. Both anglers had a bump now...

What a great Shrimp Fest weekend we had and back to work today fishing with Emily Rutt and her husband Joe. I met them early up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and we headed out of Eagans on a beautiful morning on a tide that had been coming in for about 2 hours. We made the run up and around to the Jolley River turned into the current a...

I fished with Ross and Rob Gibbs today meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made the run  up the intercoastal and dipped into Jackstaff and into a smaller creek then set up outside a drainage on the first of an outgoing tide. This was the same exact spot where I fished yesterday and we had gotten a nice keeper sized Seatrout...

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...