I wrapped up my week fishing with part of the Ryan family today Kerri and Mike and their young son Sean meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We made a quick run up to the Jolley River to fish a tide that had been coming in for a few hours and set up into the current to toss float rigs and live shrimp. Our first cast p...

I fished today with Mark Richardson his son Braden and his friends Chris and Landon meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and  Tackle ramp early. We made a run over to Lanceford Creek and fished some flooding oyster beds on a high and incoming tide with float rigs and live shrimp. Chris fairly quickly put a hungry Seatrout in the boat and shortly...

Fishing with the Poon Fishing Team today - I met Derek and his sons Zach and Tyler up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp - and we headed over to Lanceford Creek to set up fishing over some flooded oyster beds on a high and incoming tide. The trio of anglers were tossing float rigs and live shrimp and even though the first spot didn't produ...

I fished a double today both out of Old Town Bait and Tackle. The morning trip was with the Wolke crew -Jos and his brother-in-law Renzi and his son-in-law Rob and friend Nick. We had a high and incoming tide so we fished float rigs most of the morning with live shrimp. All four anglers boated fish -Seatrout and Bluefish and the highlight was  a...

I was finally back out at Goffinsville this morning meeting High School classmate Daniel Rhodes and his Brother-in-Law Jeff as the sun came up. We made a quick trip down the Nassau River and set up alongside a flooded shell bank on the last of an incoming tide and began to toss float rigs and live shrimp. I think it was Jeff's first drift and BAM...

I wrapped my week up today fishing north again with Craig and Christina Jones. We had met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and made our way out of Eagans Creek to make our first run over to the outside of Tyger Island where we set up fishing float rigs on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours. I don't think we got a nib...

What a beautiful morning we had today when met Rob and Pam Russell up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle ramp! The sun was just coming up and we had clear skies and  just a slight bit of breeze as we headed down Eagans Creek to towards the intercoastal. The tide had been going out for just a couple of hours so we made our way over to a large draina...

We were able to squeeze in a fishing trip this morning before the heavy rains rolled in after noon. I had met Cameron Beadle who had his son Roman and father-in-law Jason along as his fishing team!  We made a short run from Dee Dee Bartels and set up fishing some dock pilings on the last hour and half of the outgoing tide. We started slowed but b...

I had to remind myself to look on the bright side this morning knowing that there was no live shrimp to be had on or near the island. But I had my trolling motor back from the shop I had some left over mud minnows   I'd frozen some left over fresh shrimp from Friday and I had a purchased pint of fiddler crabs...and the skies were clear a beautifu...

I did a share-a-trip today pairing Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard as the anglers. We met up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and made a run up Lanceford only to see that our spot was taken so we turned back and fished the back side of Tyger with jigs and live shrimp. We worked the bank thoroughly and Dale did pick up a almost legal Flound...

It's amazing how different the fishing can be depending on the tides. This morning I met Warren Hearn and his brother-in-law Dave up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We had a tide that was already high and still coming in so we went with float rigs and live shrimp as the tactic. Our first stop was over on the outside of Tyger and almost...

Winds were forecasted to get up to 17mph by the end of todays trip and I believe they did! I had met Alex Bournias and his friends Pam and Tony up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and with a already high and still incoming tide we made our way out of the creek into a blow! Our first stop was up Bell River fishing a flooding point b...

After getting the boat ready this  morning I came back inside and put on a pair of long underwear! The temps were in the low 40's and I just didn't want to be cold today so I bundled up and met Bob and Jana Grimm out at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We had a nice clear sunny day cool and a bit windy as we headed north and west to set up...

We've had a rough week! That cold air seemed to put a real damper on the fish bite but today there was a slight uptick. Yesterday I fished two trips and it was slooow going. We did catch a few trout in the morning with John Frederick and his buddy Dan Forche but that was about it. That afternoon I fished with the Lafave family - Josh and Sally an...

I do believe it was windier and colder today than yesterday - and it just never seemed to warm up until we headed back to the dock!  I had met Steve Roark his son-in-law Andrew and grandson Max up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park early this morning and the wind was already kicking. But we braved the weather and made a run down the intercoastal with a...

Maybe I'm just getting old and grumpy but boy does it seem like we have some crappy boat ramps here in our area. You would think that an island surrounded by water would have a plethora of boat launching options. You would think that as affluent as this area is the boat ramps would be top notch.  You would think that with what I would consider hig...

Just when I thought Spring had sprung - I had even planted some vegetables - then we had a good rain and the temperatures dropped!  48 degrees on my truck gauge this morning. And after driving all the way down to Sawpit Creek boat ramp to find it closed and driving back  up to Old Town Bait to launch we got a late(er) start this morning. Luckily...

I finished up my week today fishing with John Stettner and his fishing buddy Doug Wurster meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. The wind was already at 10mph and expected to get up to 14 and with a tide that had been coming in for a couple of hours I was a little bit concerned that we'd struggle. But not to worry!  Our first stop...

Although we expected a beautiful morning today and although it was a bit overcast for most of it the sun did win out and it turned out to be as expected beautiful!  I had met Derek Wilson and his fishing buddy Tim down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made a good run up the intercoastal up the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill and set up with...

Capt Dylan Hubbard is President Florida Guides Association and penned this editorial in the FGA's most recent newsletter...   Your Florida Guides Association has recently updated our vision statement and purpose to make it extremely clear that we stand for and will continue fighting for science-based management in all aspects of our outdoor recrea...

Redfish Bonnethead Shark Seatrout Flounder Mangrove Snapper Black Sea Bass and Silver Perch - not bad if we were in a species tournament!  But the ones that counted were a couple of Slot Redfish three keeper sized Seatrout and a Mangrove Snapper. I had met Eric Stevens and his friends Mike and Steven out at Goffinsville Park early this morning and...

Bluefish get a bad rap in that they are a bit fishy but if you know how to prepare them they can be delicious! Here's an age-old recipe for grilling Bluefish. The key is to prep the Bluefish!  Immediately after you catch them bleed them by cutting their gills and then put them on ice. When you get home filet them off the bone and skin and cut ou...

It's just plain crazy how our public officials seem to disregard the tax paying boating public. City of Fernandina commissioners are moving ahead with a Waterfront Park that will severely limit boaters using the marina ramp. In the Nassau County Dee Dee Bartels is dangerous to use when there is a west wind and hazardous to your boat anytime you la...

My theory this time of year is that the water temperature rises with the air temps and it falls with the air temps and the fish get confused.  And of course there's the theory about fishing during a full moon!  All week we've had beautiful weather a full-ish moon and cooler temperatures than last week and the fish bite had been somewhat down. Thu...