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...

Boy what a blow we had yesterday with steady winds up in the 20's and gusts even higher -glad I wasn't fishing! But sure enough the wind died thru out the night and we had a glorious morning greet us when I met Mark and Jen Woodard and their daughter Lilli down at the Sawpit Creek Boat ramp. We made a long run up the intercoastal and dipped in to...

Looking at the weather forecast last night I thought for sure we'd be getting wet today. But when I got up this morning it had improved which was great because we were going anyway!  I met Henry Ross and his crew - David Gray and Dick and Ethan Conley - up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp early and we headed over to Eagans Creek with plans t...

We had a beautiful morning forecasted when I picked up Mark DePrimo at the Residence Inn this morning. We made our way down to Sawpit Creek launched and made the run up the intercoastal to dip into a side creek up near Horsehead. Mark had wanted to get h is Fly Fix in so I had two fly outfits ready a 7w and a 8w. Mark began tossing the lighter 7w...

I was back at it this morning fishing with the Wolfe's - Tim and Laura - and meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. While we were in the area and with the tide still going out we bumped around to the old Sawpit bridge and set up current to drift slip floats back to the bridge with live shrimp as bait. It only took a few drifts bef...

If you could have asked for the most perfect day to be fishing today would have been it! Clear skies sunshine just a bit cool and only a slight breeze - it was a Chamber of Commerce type morning when I met Bob Kossman and John Raker on a share trip kind of day down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We made a long run up the intercoastal into Back R...

FINALLY!  The weather let up and we were able to get out and fish! Monday: Cancelled Tuesday: Cancelled Wednesday: Cancelled Thursday: moved to Friday afternoon. And so we fished this morning when I met Jeff and Jinny Key up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and with a live well full of live shrimp we made our way up the creek to fish som...

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...

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...

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...

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...

On Thursday I had two people for 6 hours. As I left the Jetties I really didn’t know where I was gonna go but I did know I was gonna try to catch pogies because jigging bait was a little difficult on Wednesdah. After I caught pogies we headed offshore and started bottom fishing. While […] The post A 6hr Trip with Lance and Jen Smart! April 25th 20...