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...

When I looked at the weather forecast last night rain was predicted to be around 67% for the morning and when I called my guest they just weren't up for the wetness. But after yesterday's excellent trip and no real storm predicted with the rain and now a day off I had already decided I was going fishing. When I called friend and neighbor Bill Mac...

I fished with John Raker and his fishing partner Kenny meeting them out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. We made a short hop over to some just exposed oyster beds on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours and set up to fish float rigs with live shrimp and mud minnows. It didn't take long before the duo was catching fish - small...

If you didn't see the extensive and explanative Facebook post by Nic Bremer owner of Amelia Island Bait and Tackle/Old Town Bait and Tackle he has instituted a parking/launch fee at Old Town Bait and Tackle. There is a $5 daily park or launch fee or you can pay a $50 fee for an annual permit.  As Nic mentioned in his post he and his family have...

I fished with Justin Palmore and his two sons Will and Bentley this morning meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a long run up the intercoastal and made our way over to Poteat Cut to set up along some exposed oyster beds on an outgoing tide that still had a few hours to hit bottom. We had good action early catching a co...

We fished out of Sawpit Creek today after I met Bob Kossman and Dale Bullard early. I had a live well of shrimp and had caught some mud minnows. After running a little bit up the Nassau River we began to fish a shell bank on the last of an outgoing tide baited with the live shrimp. I was a somewhat surprised that we didn't get a bite not even a J...

Our weather pattern has been holding the last few weeks...great early morning sometimes even overcast like today with just a slight breeze then some sunshine then the heat comes on by about 10am.  And the fish bite has been similar. I met Grant Gressman and his son Colton along with Grant's dad Charlie out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp early...

For 2023 NOAA graciously (sarcasm) gave us two days to fish for the Genuine American Red Snapper. Two days out of 365 days. Completely ridiculous. However we ran all 5 boats two trips per day with one exception that slipped through the cracks where Capt. D ran a 12hr on Day #1. With that we […] The post Red Snapper Season 2023 appeared first on Te...

We had a bit of wind today which kept things cooler for most of the morning. After meeting Jacob Jones is fiancé Lexi and his father Lawton up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp we made a long run up and around to the Jolley River and continued on around to the MOA to catch the first of an incoming tide before the oysters covered up. I thi...

I thought I had the day off today and had a long to-do list ready but luckily the Coffey's saved me! One of my regular customers who was set to fish today called in that he'd had to have an emergency medical procedure so the day was opened when Tracy Coffey contacted me yesterday afternoon. I met him his son Tracy B and his daughter-in-law Maggie...

I was fishing south today after meeting Brad Lanier down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. And I was feeling pretty good about my choice for the first spot to hit so we ran up the intercoastal and peeled off when we got to Poteat Cut and began to fish some expose oyster beds with jigs and live shrimp on the first of an incoming tide. We worked that...

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...