I fished with the Prolog's Hand and Mary and their daughter Mollie to day meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning. And after running up the Nassau to our first stop at a dock at Seymore's I was feeling pretty confident that we were going to get in to some fish today. The tide was supposedly low and just starting in and...

Wow!  Cool temperatures today sunny skies and almost zero wind greeted us this morning when I met the Szkaradnik crew down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. Joe and Karen and Karen's brother John were eager to get up the river and fish so we headed up the Nassau and around to Broward to fish the first of an incoming tide with jigs and live shrimp. A...

I was feeling a little uneasy when after hitting our first spot today and the weather seemed like it was going to be a factor in our success.  I had met Todd Schroeder his daughter Allana and his dad Dennis up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle early this morning and we eased out of Eagans Creek with the nav lights on. That first stop was around at...

On March 7th 2024 we had a 12hr trip with some return customers from Texas. These boys were so much fun and love to fish! We started by jigging some live cigar minnows and spanish sardines. After the hard blow on Wednesday I’ll be honest I was a little skeptical on what I thought the […] The post Variety Increases as Florida Temps Begin to Rise! a...

The last couple of trips I've noticed we're picking up bigger Seatrout - in the 17 -18 range and today was no exception. I had met Kimberly Manek and her friend Jeremy up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. As we eased out of Eagans Creek the wind was blowing around 10mp but it was expected to get up to 17mph before the morning was over. We ma...

We had a very high and outgoing tide to fish when myself Bob Kossman and Larry Westfall made to it to our first spot this morning. We fishing  a large outflow up the Nassau River with float rigs and live shrimp. My 'demo cast produced a bite (I missed him) but after that Bob and Larry stayed busy catching Trout. We missed a you but caught more th...

I fished with John Fitch and his daughter Annie today meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We eased out of Eagans Creek and headed down the river to try and hit a spot before others got there!  We made it!  I set up alongside some structure and the duo began to toss jigs and live shrimp letting it fall to the bottom a...

Years ago while growing up in Fernandina we could go down to the City docks and purchase fresh shrimp right off the boats. Shrimp boats would be tied up two and three deep stern to bow. There was a seafood market that ran perpendicular to the wharf that also sold fresh shrimp and seafood. And then the shrimping industry dwindled.   A city that onc...

Usually when our first cast of day catches a Slot Redfish I'm thinking that's a good start. That's what happened this morning after I met John Fredericks and Dan Forsch up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and we hit our first spot - some dock pilings down the Amelia River. We were fishing on a tide that still had a few hours to go out to...

We had a fog that blanketed Amelia Island this morning and when I met Joseph Mahoney his dad Norm and nephew Mike up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp we had to ease out of Eagans and down the Amelia River to make it to our first spot. Joe was up front on the cooler braving the cooler wind and keeping a second set of eyes out for crab pot...

Today had to have been one of the worst day's weather-wise that I've fished in a long time. We had checked the forecast and saw that by mid morning their was a 64% chance of rain but those Weathermen are notoriously wrong right? Not today! I met Todd Johnson and his fishing buddy Patrick Davis down at Sawpit Creek on a tide that when we reached N...

I fished south today meeting Sean Patwell down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and a with a plan to catch the first of an incoming tide we made a long run up the Nassau River to our first spot.  I think it was the first cast when we had a Strong hookup - this fish was digging deep and ripping drag with no intention of coming to the boat and i...

When he stepped out of the truck it was almost like all sound stopped - the seagulls quit screeching the marsh wrens quit chirping and as the sun came up the world stopped spinning as the  young angler made his way to the dock at Old Town Bait and Tackle. I don't know if I've ever seen such a slow confident walk as he glided down the gangway in h...

Prettiest morning all week!  Hardly any wind sunshine and only a bit cool when I met Steve Locke and his fishing buddy Jason up at the Old Town Boat and Tackle boat ramp this morning. We eased out of Eagans Creek and headed over to Tyger Island and I knew I just KNEW that we were going to get in to some Redfish. If someone had asked I'd of bet a...

Another beautiful day today!  I met Frank Boehm (B-O-E-H-M) and his fishing buddies Jack and Mark and Pat early up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and with a high tide that just started out we made our way over to the outside of Tyger to fish float rigs with live shrimp. There was a bit of breeze coming from the NE but luckily it hadn't gotten too str...

We recently had a decent weather day where we were able to make the long run. We caught fish at every stop adding to the the fish box. The sharks took their toll at every stop too or the box would have looked 10 times better. Nonetheless we ended up with a great table at […] The post February Fishing Starts the Year Off Right appeared first on Tea...

Oh what a beautiful morning! I met Joe Cutajar and his high school buddy Joe Auty down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp this morning and with sunshine and clear skies we made our way up the Nassau River to make our first stop at some docks with plans to toss jigs and live shrimp to the pilings on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours....

Back to work after a long weekend off in Charleston I met the Andreasen fishing party early up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. It was Pat Andreasen his son-in-law Bryan grandson Mason and friend Frank as we eased out up Eagans Creek and found some dock pilings to fish on a tide that had been coming out for a couple of hours. We weren't re...

I got out this morning meeting Dick Conley David Gray and Henry Ross up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle as  the sun was coming up and with a tide that had been coming in for about an hour. We eased up the creek and found a crusty dock to toss jigs and live shrimp too and it wasn't long before we were getting fish. David knocked the skunk off by pi...

Last week a firestorm swept thru the Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island Community. One of the City commissioners appeared to conspire with a former commissioner now turned journalist blogger to imply that a Member of the Marina Advisory Board had suggested closing our only City boat ramp down at the Marina. Under that pretext he's asked the Community...

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...