I don't know why when I was checking the weather last night I was more concerned about the wind forecasted at 13-15mph and not the temperature drop - I should have  been watching both!  I figured if I met Mark Averbuch his son Cutler and grandson Harvey down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we we could run into that West wind up to the Nassauville a...

Every year I track the demographics of my customers and find it interesting how they numbers add up at the end of the year. Some of my customers ask where are your guests from? and who are they fishing with? so here's a few answers to those questions from 2023: Average Age of who hired me:   60 years old (this is creeping up as I get older and my...

I intentionally didn't book any fishing trips last week and knowing that January is traditionally slow for bookings a had been planning for months to do a complete re-wire of the Anglers Mark. A new switch panel was ordered from New Wire Marine and I have been gathering other supplies - marine wire terminals and connectors. The re-wire was none t...

Those high winds subsided over night but left us with clear skies and a 37 degree temperature this morning when I met Mark Averbuch his on Jared and grandson Max down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The winds were expected to pick up later in the day so we had to go early but it paid off anyway! All of us were wrapped up with layers as we made ou...

The high and incoming tide has been haunting me all week and we have been postponing trips until mid morning but today the wind was high and getting worse as the day wore on so we went early and with temperatures in the 40's it was kinda cool.  But John Beall and his son Brian were dressed for the weather and we had a plan to try to run to spots...

It was such a nasty day yesterday if it had been colder we may have had snow! We still had a high and incoming tide in the morning so we postponed the trip until 11am when I met William and Dara Blalock out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. The tide had just started out so we ran around Seymore's and set up on a point to toss float rigs and li...

I sure hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday! I was glad  to be back in hopes of working off some of that great food I ate!  We had a high and incoming tide this morning so we put off meeting until 10am. That's when William and Dara Blalock and I left the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and headed down the creek with plans to fish the fi...

Boy what a storm we had yesterday! My wife and I went out to Main Beach yesterday to watch the waves kicking up and it was crazy. Crazier were the surfers catching the waves!  But the wind was supposed to die down this morning and it did somewhat -when I launched the weather app was showing 17mph out of the west which made me cringe just a bit!...

I probably sound like a broken record but the weather has been playing havoc in the fishing trips. But today ae decided to squeeze in a trip before the predicted 4-6 rains came thru. I met Tom Kretschmar and his son Sam down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and we made a beeline all the way around to Broward Island to take advantage of a tide...

The weather forecast didn't change much from last night to this morning - temperatures in the high 40's but wind blowing from 9mph early getting up to 14mph and I knew it was going to be tough to get some fish. But the skies were clear and sunny so we had to give it a try. I met Bob Kossman and Frank Wytiaz who paired up for one of my share-a-tri...

We wrapped up a great week of fishing today when I met Mark and Brent Laurint out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early this morning. And oh what a beautiful sunrise it was! Clear cool no wind and calm waters for us to fish! We made a short hop over to Back River and fished a grassy edge on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours -...

We didn't flip the 12 Slot Reds we caught into the boat but we did a whole lot of boat flippin of smaller fish!  What a beautiful day we had today! Sunshine clear skies no wind and just a bit cool when I met Bob Blalock his son Robbie and nephew Collin up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We made a short run up the creek and began fishi...

After looking at the weather forecast last night I was a little apprehensive about the chances of success fishing today. Temperatures were predicted to be in the mid 40's which was OK with me but wind predicted to be at 15mph which would make it challenging. But Bob Blalock and I were up for the challenge so we met up at Old Town Bait and Tackle b...

I fished with John Raker and his buddy John this morning. With the last of an outgoing tide we decided to fish some dock pilings up Eagans Creek and bow was it some hot fishing for a little over an hour! We were tossing live shrimp on a jig and it was one fish right after the other. John had kicked it off with a keeper Seatrout catch then it was...

I fished yesterday morning with Jim Russell and his dad Doug meeting them up down at the decrepit Sawpit Creek boat ramp. There was a front passing thru and the forecast called for a bunch of rain but when we launched it had improved to a slight chance but a whole bunch of wind coming out of the South and South east. We made our way up the inter...

From the Southern Cast Iron Magazine Summer 2016 Hoffman Media  6-8 Cups fresh peaches peeled and sliced (about 8 medium peaches) 1 1/2 Cups fresh blueberries 1/4 Cup bourbon 2/3 Cup + 1 tsp sugar divided (1/3cup 1/3 cup 1 tsp) 2 1/2 tablespoon cornstarch 1 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 cup all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/4 teaspoon salt 6...

Have a great day tomorrow!

I fished yesterday afternoon and even though the rain had passed us by we had a bit of wind to deal with. But Chris Bremer and his grandson Matteo were game to go fishing! We left the Old Town Bait and Tackle dock and headed up to the Jolley River to fish float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that was still coming it. We worked a flooded grass ban...

Boy what a nasty start to a morning yesterday it was! It rained on me getting the boat ready picking up the bait and launching and was still raining when Dennis Adams and his crew met me a the dock. He had his son in law Daniel and Daniel's dad Dan with him and as we pulled away from the dock at Old Town Bait and Tackle we were asking ourselves d...

Thanksgiving week and back to fishing!  I met Joey and Tanya Vasquez up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early on a tide that still had about an hour of going out to hit bottom. We made a long run up to the Jolley River up the river and around to the MOA to fish the oysters on that last of the outgoing tide. Both Joey and Tanya were maki...

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...