I tend to lose!  I've just never been the betting type but today I gambled that we would get fish on a high and incoming tide. It didn't happen. I had met Sean Pattwell up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early with a tide that was high and still coming in forecasted it hit the top around 8:15am. We eased out of Eagans Creek and I ran up...

I must have read the forecast for today wrong last night - I saw it with temperatures in the mid 50's partly sunny and only a slight breeze. When I met Ed and Madonna up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp it was in the 50's just a slight breeze but no sun. Granted it was 7:15am but we never saw the sun and the wind picked up as the day went...

I've heard!  Patience paid off today. I had met Bob Kossman and Frank Wytiaz who were sharing a trip today meeting them down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and then we headed up the Nassau River and when we reached Seymore's Point the tide had just started in. Again being hard headed I tried the dock and again not much biting. Frank did knock the...

42 degrees clear and no wind when I launched this morning down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp with plans to meet brothers Ray and Tommy Pinkston for a back country fishing trip. We made the run up the Nassau with a baitwell full of live shrimp and a few mud minnows left over from Friday. Our first stop was at a dock at Seymore's Pointe and both anglers...

With a scheduled oyster roast and fish fry planned for the next day neighbors Chris O'connor Brian Parent and myself ventured out Friday to try to add some fish to the pot. I had saved up a trout or two or three a couple of Reds and a a good handful of Mangrove Snapper but we needed just a bit more for the twenty or so people that were to stop by....

This is not my recipe!  I got it off the internet but I didn't record where it came from.  I goggled it and there are a bunch of other Stuffed Shrimp Mushrooms. This is more of an appetizer - with the cream cheese it's pretty rich!  Stuffed Shrimp Mushrooms 12   medium Button Cremini or Portobello mushrooms cleaned with stems removed and discard...

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...

On the last day of the year we headed offshore in search of Black Sea Bass. Each Winter we look forward to a southward migration of these tasty fish and we run shorter trips such as our 4hr and 6hr trip to specifically target them. They are arguably the best tasting fish we have in […] The post December 31st 2023 – Steven Collins and Crew appeared...

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...

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...