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We had a good one yesterday morning fishing with Doug and Leslie Phillips here at Amelia Island.  The couple were staying at the Blue Heron Inn just a short walk to the marina and some great fishing!  We left the City dock at 7am and heade

We fished out of the Big Talbot Island park this morning - I met Jerry Gator Brown and his son Alex and son-in-law Brad early and we headed  up the Intercoastal and into Jackstaff to find a large runout just as the tide peaked at high. The thre

 We had an outstandingly beautiful day this morning even kinda cool with spotty clouds blocking the sun on occasion. I had meet Trip Huey north up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and as we were pulling away he mentioned liking to fish sou

I had the pleasure of fishing again with Allen Reeves and this time he brought along his adult sons Jason and Jeff to fish the back waters of Amelia Island.  Last year when I fished with Allen we had what I call a banner day - just non-stop act

Sarah and Dave Post set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this afternoon so we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock in downtown Fernandina Beach at 3pm.  It had been chilly and overcast all day long but there was onl

I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike Morrill and his buddy Ross this morning leaving early to fish with topwater lures on an outgoing tide.  We headed up to the Jolley River set up outside a large creek and began tossing Zara Spooks to the m

Tropical storm Audrey passed through yesterday and left today sunny with only a nice breeze to fish in.  I met Jeremy Price and his son Aason at the Atlantic Seafood dock early this morning and we headed north with just a couple of hours until

The Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) is a small species of hammerhead shark belonging to the family Sphyrnidae. They are usually gray or brown in color, with a distinctive shovel-shaped head that is rounded at the front and flattened at the back,

 I fished with Mike Maguth yesterday and today opting for afternoon trips to fish  high but outgoing tides. It took two trips to get our Code Words down which turned out to be That's Him!. Both days we met up at Dee Dee Bartels but we

An outstandingly beautiful day greeted us this morning for a fun day of fishing the backwaters of Amelia Island.  I had scheduled to meet Barbara Montressor and her friend Christine Knoblauch down at the Fernandina Beach city marina.&

Sometimes you just gotta count on the young guys to put fish in the boat.  I fished this morning with Gene Rice his son Gene Jr son-in-law Robby and grandson Will.  We met down at the Atlantic Seafood dock in downtown Fernandina Beach and

We had a beautiful morning today clear skies and sunny a bit cool but a great day to be out on Amelia Island waters.  I met Verne Murray and his son--in-law Pete down at the City docks and headed up to Tiger Island to fish a tide that had been

Mike and Steve Johnson took their dad Bud on a birthday fishing trip yesterday morning on The Anglers Mark.  We met down at the Atlantic Seafood dock and headed up to the Jolley River to fish the first of an outgoing tide.  Mike tossed a t

Boy what a beautiful morning we had today!  I had met Zach Peyton and his dad Bob down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp with plans to fish the Horsehead area on the last of an outgoing tide.  We had a good quantity of live shrimp an

 I noticed that the forecast called for the wind picking up this morning but I knew we had a little window to get in some good fishing so when I met Dennis Cortez his brother-in-law Jeff and nephew Liam down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we hea

I had the pleasure of fishing today again with Paul Landahl who brought along his friend Kathy meeting them down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp. We ran up the Amelia River and into Jackstaff and to a large marsh run out to begin fishing wit

  Back to work today after a nice vacation to the North Carolina mountains! I met Bob Blalock and his brother and sister in-law Tommy and Martha out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. The sun hadn't come over the horizon as we left the ram

Chris and Talitha Foster had arranged a fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this morning so I met Chris and their two kids Jacob and Rebekah at the Atlantic Seafood dock down at the Fernandina Harbor marina at 7am and headed up to the Jolly River getti

Today couldn't have been much prettier!  I met the Henson family - Kevin and Jean and their adult daughter Jill - down at the Atlantic Seafood dock this morning.  It was clear and sunny with almost no wind as we left the marina and hea

Oh boy what a beautiful morning we had today! I had met Chuck and Marca Benton and their daughter Kristin out at the Goffinsville Park as the sun came up - it was cool and clear and only a slight breeze. The tide was still coming in so we headed ove