A Keeper Slam!  I fished again this morning meeting Glenn and Patti Lanford up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We made a short run  up the creek and fished some dock pilings with jigs and live shrimp - the tide had been coming in for about an hour.  Glenn made short work of knocking the skunk off when he hooked up and landed a keeper...

The mornings are getting nicer - Fall is in the air! I met Stephen Googe and his son Graywolf up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle shop this morning and we headed over to Tyger Island to try our luck fishing the logs on a tide that had been coming in for about 2 hours. We were pitching jigs and live shrimp and a few minnows up to the bank and fishi...

I finished up my week fishing with Dale Bullard and his fishing buddy Cotton after meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had a live well full of mud minnows as we headed up the Nassau River on a tide that had been coming in a few hours. Someone was at Spanish Drop so we continued on to Twin Creeks where we turned into the current and...

I fished with the Stein girls today - Ellina Emily Liz and Erin - meeting them early down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. In addition to getting a break and visiting Amelia Island they were also helping Erin celebrate a birthday!  We ran up the intercoastal and turned into the Nassau and made our way up to Spanish Drop where we turned into the hig...

Judging by the amount of Ladyfish we caught today and the variety of Jacks Mangroves Sharks and Pinfish I'd say it is still Summer!  I had met Bob Kossman and John Suebert down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and we headed up the intercoastal and then up the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill to set up along some flooding marsh grass on th...

...but just a fish battle! I had met Jack and Karina Drinkard newlyweds down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and after running up the Intercoastal and dipping in to Jackstaff we drifted with the last of an outgoing tide tossing jigs and live shrimp. I think the demo cast produced a bite and a small Seatrout which Karina expertly...

I had the day off and decided to get in some fun fishing before we had to batten down the hatches for the approaching storm.  After be first in line at the Amelia Island Bait and Tackle for some live shrimp I headed down to Sawpit Creek boat ramp launched and ran up the Back River to hit a flooded point in the Nassau. Tossing float rigs and the l...

Whenever I've seen this on a restaurant menu I tended to shy away from it because I didn't know what it was!  Donna Givens sends this tasty recipe in via her husband John angler   who I run in to at the bait shop on occasion. It's easy to prepare doesn't need a whole lot of ingredients and as mentioned very tasty! Thank you Donna! I fun fished t...

I wrapped the week up today fishing with Chuck Butler and his sons Trey and Trent meeting them out at Goffinsville early this morning on a tide that had been coming in a few hours. We headed down the Nassau and set up to initially fish jigs and minnows to the bank but we had no luck. We then switched to float rigs and worked along a bank and afte...

I had the Wytiaz's fishing today Frank and Joanne and we met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. After running up and around and into the Jolley River we turned into the current at the bank and began fishing back to the pointe with float rigs and mud minnows on a high and still incoming tide.  The two anglers were making excellen...

I fished with the Averbuch crew this morning - Jared and his son Max and Cutler and his son Harvey. We met down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and headed north up the intercoastal then turned into Poteat Cut to fish a point with float rigs and mud minnows on an outgoing tide. It didn't take long before Harvey knocked the skunk off when he hooked up...

It's been the norm all week - the fish are biting early up until about 9am and then the bite fall off and the same happened today. I had met Tim and Crystal Hanley up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made a run down to Lanceford and set up current from some dock pilings to toss jigs with live shrim...

I fished with Mark Smith this morning and he had along with  him his fishing buddy Dan. We met out at Goffinsville Park and headed down the Nassau River to the Spanish Drop area and then turned into the outgoing current to pitch jigs and mud minnows to the exposed shell bank. I kinda thought we might get some Flounder at the drainages and sure en...

We fished out of Goffinsville Park today when I met Frontis Clark his daughter Tiffany and granddaughter Breille early for a morning of Amelia Island back country fishing. After setting out a trio of crab traps baited with dead Pogies we ran down to the Nassau to Spanish Drop and began tossing jigs with live shrimp and mud minnows to some expose...

Crazy how big fish just come out of no where!  I fished with Marty and Cathy Siciliano again today but met them down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp with plans to fish south. We made a long run up the Nassau (it almost feels like you're going to Tallahassee) and up to Broward Island and set up fishing with a tide that had just a few minutes to hit bott...

Crazy how a full moon gets people talking...and seems to affect the fishing. At 7:30 t his morning when Marty and Cathy Siciliano and I made it to our first spot - the bank of the Jolley River Marty pointed out the still visible  full-ish moon. We had ran from Old Town Bait and Tackle and had a tide that had been coming in for a couple of hours b...

It's great to see a grandmother taking her grandsons fishing!  I met Cindy Gray and her two grandsons Alex and Henry down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning. We made a quick run up the Nassau River and turned into the incoming current to fish a flooded bank. We started out with jigs and minnows fishing a deeper drop of the river and...

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...

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...