It appears that the City Commission will be moving forward with the Waterfront Park to be located at the City Marina. In addition to water guzzling grassy lawns and landscaping there will be a Pavillion (note: not to be called a Band Shell) and a children's play area. What any of that has to do with a Working Waterfront is beyond me.  The archite...

It looks like I wrapped my week up fishing this morning with the Sparrow crew - Will his kids Abigailand William and his mother Nancy -meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We had a bait will full of live shrimp and frisky mud minnows as we eased out of Eagans Creek and made a run down the river to fish an exposed shell bank...

I fished with the Palmore boys this morning Justin and his sons Will and Bentley meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We headed up the intercoastal then in to the Nassau and after a brief run pulled up at Spanish Drop and began fishing with jigs and live shrimp and mudminnows on a tide that still had about an hour and a half of...

I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and took time to honor our fallen service men and women. It's amazing the sacrifice some made for us and their families too. We were back at it today fishing out of Goffinsville Park after I had met Steve Locke and his son Justin early. We made a short run down the Nassau River and pulled up at Spa...

I wrapped up my week yesterday fishing with Kenny King and his friends John Raker and John's mother Betty meeting them again out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp.  Note: You never know when you'll be surprised at the boat ramp - a guy had backed his truck (no trailer/boat) down the ramp got out and was fishing from the ramp. When I pulled up I thou...

I've probably mentioned it before....my dad when we would be passing thru a rural area that had cows  he said his grandfather(my great grandfather) would say the cows are laying down the fish aren't biting.  We don't have any cows here at Amelia Island but I've found that as I trailer my boat down to Sawpit Creek there are rabbits out on the gras...

We waited to go until the top of the tide today meeting at 9am out at Goffinsville Park.  John Raker and Kenny King met me at the dock and where we were the tide was still coming in. So we made a quick run over to Pumpkin Hill and drifted float rigs and live shrimp down a flooding marsh bank. We had not a single bite for that stretch but after w...

Back to fishing!  After being out of town for a week I was back fishing today with newlyweds Jeff and Elizabeth Parr. After meeting them early up at Old Town Bait and Tackle early we made our way out of Eagans Creek and over to the outside of Tyger to fish the first of an outgoing tide. It was High tide right when we started and boy was that wat...

I fished today after we had a slight temperature drop over the weekend one that caused the water temps to fall too. We didn't tear them up today but we had a little better action than we had last week in the backwaters.  When I pulled away from the boat ramp this afternoon my thoughts were to fish the oyster beds. I met Frank Wytiaz and his broth...

We must be in a faze right now not seeing Seatrout or Redfish or Flounder in the backwater. Water temps are hovering right around 80 degrees and even though we're getting some fish we just aren't seeing bragging rights fish unless you wanted to count the 13 Mangrove Snapper we caught today! I had met Chris Pyle and his fishing buddy Byron down at...

We had a three boat party today set up by Tom Klien fishing with friends after they caravaned in boats up from Central Florida. We all met at Old Town Bait and Tackle and divvied up anglers to the Captains - Jeremiah Joost-Miller George Smith and myself. I had Tom and his wife Gail and their friend Dave and we followed Jeremiah and George out of...

I finished my week and kicked off Shrimp Fest weekend by fishing with David Vice his son Nathaniel and friend Seth meeting them yesterday morning out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp.  We had an outgoing tide so we made a short run across the river to fish an edge south of Back River working the bank with float rigs and live shrimp. The first stre...

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...

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...

This trip took place Wednesday April 24th 2024. Beeliners (AKA Vermilion Snapper) were off the chain today. We had an 8hr trip today and by 10am we had our 8 man limit of beeliners. Capt. D was in the Blood Line today and got his 7 man limit of beeliners about as fast. It was […] The post An 8hr Trip With Mike Babb and Crew! April 24th 2024 appear...

The ocean was beautiful today. We started by joining the rest of the fleet down the beach to catch some pogies. It looked like a tournament day. We left the beach and went offshore. We limited with 35 vermilion a black sea bass a couple triggers and countless throwback red snapper up to 20lbs. The […] The post An 8hr Trip With John Benedict and Cr...

All week long we've had beautiful days today included but for the most part we had to really work to get some fish in the boat. But today we had the beauty and we caught more fish!  I had met Robert Stettner and David Vice out at Goffinsville Park early and with a tide that had been coming in for about an hour we made a quick run down to Broward...

Although the forecast called for sunny skies today(it was right) it also called for wind at 11mph rising to 17mph as the trip progressed (it was right). But we had a plan! RULE#1:  Make a Plan!  I met Gregg and Dannie Fitgerald down at Sawpit Creek early this morning and it was a bit chilly. We ran up the intercoastal cut thru Back River to cruis...

The wind was blowing just a tad bit more this morning than forecasted - I had planned to hit Tyger Island to fish the first of an incoming tide but that west wind made me rethink the plan. So after meeting Patrick Davis and his son Joshua up at Old Town Bait and Tackle we made the run up Eagans Creek and found a dock to fish with jigs and live shr...

That hot November fishing has continued on into December - boy we caught some fish today! I had met Henry Ross and David Gray down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and it was a beautiful morning - just a slight breeze clear skies and comfortable 68 degree temperature. We made the run up the Nassau River to Seymore's Point and made our first stop...