It had to be the prettiest day in a long time that we've had here at Amelia Island - clear skies sunshine only a slight breeze and temperatures below 70 when I met Tim and Laura Wolfe down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The tide was high and coming in so we made quick run over to the intercoastal and up the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill wher...

Crazy weather but we squeezed in a fishing trip today - the forecast called for very  little rain chance but winds hovering around 12mph and overcast - it wasn't very pretty but we thought fishable. So I met Robert Stettner David Vice and his friend Bhavna out at Goffinsville Park and with a very high tide still coming in we made our way over to...

Forget turning the spigot off someone stick a finger in the dam!  Boy have we had some rain this past week - the streets and fields and driveways and garages are flooding. I was three trips go down the drain before I was able to squeeze in today - cloudy overcast but no rain and no real wind to speak of.  I met Jeff and Cindy Patrick up at Old T...

You've probably heard be careful what you wish for - just a month ago we were begging for rain and now it seems someone forgot to turn the spigot off! And last night the forecast called for 47% chance of rain today so we thought we'd be getting wet if we fished but we were going anyway! Luckily when I got up to get the boat ready the forecast ha...

I wrapped my week up fishing with Bill Redfield and his friends Elaine and Joel meeting them out at Goffinville Park boat ramp. We had live shrimp finger mullet and a few mud minnows to fish with and they all caught fish. After leaving the ramp we ran over to Horsehead thru it and over to Poteat Point and set up to drift float rigs with the shrim...

After a day off I was back fishing today meeting the Johnson crew- Nathan and Hanna Michael and Cole. We were leaving the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early the water was like glass and heading up the Nassau River all the way around to Pumpkin Hill where we set up to fish float rigs with live shrimp finger mullet and a few mud minnows. It wasn't long b...

There were tons of bait fish passing thru Sawpit when I launched this morning -finger mullet and some small pogeys. I already had a baitwell full of live shrimp but I couldn't pass up tossing the net to supplement what we had and I'm glad we did!  I met Gregg Fitgerald and his mom Ginnie early and we ran up the intercoastal up the Nassau and pull...

I last fished Friday and we had an outstanding trip catching Slot Redfish Oversized Reds keeper Trout and a huge Flounder. But 4 days made a difference - we caught fish today and had to work for those but we didn't get the massive fish last week. I noticed this morning the moon looked almost full and the wind was blowing out of the NE which made...

Last Monday a I attended a Redfish focus group hosted by the FWC over in Jacksonville. The group was led by FWC Marine Inshore Recreational Fisheries Management Coordinator Jacob Espittia and supported by Erika Burgess FWC Analysis and Rulemaking Section Leader. Also attending were a couple of FWC biologists. In addition to myself the focus group...

I fished with the Bailey boys Douglas and his sons Anderson and Dylan and his father-in-law Glenan meeting them down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp to wrap my week up. We headed out on a tide that had been going out for less than an hour running up the intercoastal and around to Pompano Point where we set up with float rigs and live shrimp with finger...

With my boat trailer repaired I was back out at Goffinsville Park meeting John Raker Kenny King and John's mother Betty early for a half day of Amelia Island back water fishing. We had bait - seven dozen live shrimp about a dozen mud minnows and I cast netted for about 4 dozen finger mullet - and we went thru all of it! After leaving the ramp we...

We had another beautiful day today when I fished with birthday boy   Garland Clark. We met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and made our way over to the outside of Tyger and began pitching jigs and minnows and live shrimp to the bank on an outgoing tide. I thought we had a big one on when Garland's drag ripped and the fish ran deeper...

I'm fishing out of Old Town Bait and Tackle all week due to trailer issues. I met Lewis Welch and his fishing partner Oscar up there this morning and we made a run over to the MOA again - I keep thinking that's it going to turn on - it didn't.  The duo did catch a couple of small Redfish on the last of an outgoing tide but that was it. We bumped...

I was back to work today meeting the Kucsma fishing team up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. The tide still had about an hour to hit bottom so we made our way around and up to the Jolley River then down to the MOA to set up for fishing jigs and mud minnows. We didn't count skunk off when Andrew hauled in a Sail Cat but we did when Eddie br...

I wrapped my week up fishing with the Averbuch crew - Mark and his son Cutler and grandson Harvey- meeting them down at Sawpit Creek early today. We made our way up the intercoastal up the Nassau and made our first stop at Spanish Drop. As we worked the bank with jigs and live shrimp and a few mud minnows Mark got hot catching fish making it plai...

First day back after Tropical Storm Debby passed thru...I met Dennis Fritz his son Doug and grandsons Ethan and Spencer down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made our way over to the Nassau River ran up it a bit and made a stop at Spanish Drop on a tide that was almost at the bottom. Fish the banks with jigs and mudminnows and live shrimp...

This appeared in the Florida Guides Association's newsletter written by FGA President Capt Dylan Hubbard..     YES ON 2   We had a great time at ICAST pushing for the right to hunt and fish which will be on the Florida ballot this coming November in Florida as Amendment 2. We had great support around the show from our partners friends and fellow i...

t's always a treat to get to fish the outside of Tyger Island as the sun comes up - the sun shining on the marsh grass and trees with birds roosting is so beautiful! That was our first stop after I picked up Kenny King and his friends John and Betty Raker.  After leaving the newly revamped Oyster Bay Marina we headed down Lanceford up the Bell and...

I was out at Goffinsville again this morning fishing with David Vice and his buddy Roland. The sun had just come up as we left the dock and made our way down the Nassau River thru Horsehead and over to Pompano Point with plans to fish float rigs with live mud minnows and a handful of finger mullet. The duo had a couple of bites then Roland hooked...

I was out at Goffinsville this morning meeting John Raker his mother Betty and his friend Kenny early for a day of back country fishing. We made a short run from the ramp over to Back River and set up alongside a marsh  bank as the tide flowed out and I felt sure we'd be catching fish soon. I just knew it. But no we may have had a nibble here and...

I THGUGHT I was launching at Sawpit Creek this morning - when I got down there the tide was up so far - all the way to the bend in the curb- I turned around and headed back north to meet Glenn and Patti Langford up at Old Town Bait and  Tackle. The water was way up in the grass when we made way out of Eagans Creek and over to the outside of Tyge...

Boy what a pretty day we had today - no real wind temperature in the high 60's and partly cloudy skies to greet us when I met Tim Parker and is son Wes out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp early.  And it was just a short run down the river to Broward Island where we set up to fish with jigs and live shrimp on  atide that was low and just coming in...