We did our third windy day in a row today when I met John Cipriani and his brother David out at Goffinsville Park. The wind stayed in the 15-17mph range - I'm about over it! But the Cipriani brothers were up to the challenge so we first headed over to Pumpkin Hill and fished a stretch of flooding marsh grass on a tide that still another hour or s...

We've got some wind kicking here at Amelia Island! When I spoke to Andew Perrin last evening I warned him that we'd be bucking the wind today if they wanted to give it a try. But he and his son Sam were willing to brave the wind so we met up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and after easing out of Eagans Creek we already had 15mph winds. We made our...

I know it's difficult to tell conditions when were at our homes - we see the flags flapping and the trees swaying and think this is such a nice day   but when you get out on the river with 17-18 mile/hr it can make for some difficult fishing even in the back water. I was hoping we'd have an early window of lower winds this morning when I met Cha...

I was back to work today fishing with Chris Sneed and his buddy Chuck meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We eased out of Eagans and then ran up to the outside of Tyger and set up a drainage to pitch jigs and minnows on a tide that had been going out for just and hour. It didn't take long before we got bites then Chr...

Kinda of a weird fishing day today!  I met Bob Blalock out at Goffinsville Park early and I skipped across the river to the mouth of Back River and we fished float rigs on a tide that had been going out a few hours - the oysters were showing. Bob commented that this was the spot where we really tore them  up a year ago but not today. We worked the...

I was back up north for the first time in about a week fishing with Bob Blalock out of Old Town Bait and Tackle an a tide that still had about an hour to hit bottom. The water was like glass as we left the mouth of Eagans Creek and headed north and west up to the Jolley - we made a Bee-line for the MOA (mother-of-all) spot and set up with jigs an...

I fished the Barker boys Jim and his son Harris meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and after running up the Nassau we made a stop at Spanish Drop and fished the very last of an outgoing tide with jigs and live shrimp and mud minnows.  They worked that bank pretty good and did battle with a couple of Bonnethead Sharks. After mov...

Amelia Island I was back to fishing today after meeting the Hutchens Fishing Team - Dan and B and their daughter Zoey down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a quick run up the intercoastal up the Nassau and pulled up at Spanish Drop and worked the exposed bank of shell at the last of an outgoing tide. Dan and B were getting bites were a...

The fishing this June has been above average for this time of year we are doing very well on all our trips from the 4hr all the way up to the 12hr. Both bottom fishing and trolling have been productive. From king mackerel cobia muttons mangroves vermilion triggers amberjack almaco and even some stray blackfins. […] The post June 2024 Has Been HOT!...

I wrapped my week up fishing with Jon Beall and his visiting son Brian. We met down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and headed up the intercoastal then into the Nassau and made our way up to Spanish Drop where we turned into the incoming tide and began working the bank with float rigs.  Everywhere we went today we were waylaid by sharks! Eve...

I was fishing up north out of Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning. After meeting Aaron Self his son Isaac and his cousin Robert we headed out of Eagans Creek and made run up to the Jolley River and turned into the current to fish the bank with float rigs and live shrimp. We worked that bank pretty good back to the point where Aaron knock the s...

I was again down at Sawpit this morning but a little bit later which turned out to be a good thing and a not-so-good thing. I met Cheryl McBride with her two adult kids Rachel and Michael and we ran up the intercoastal dipped into Jackstaff and then into a creek and began tossing float rigs with live shrimp up near the grass and at run outs on a t...

Amelia Island I was back to work today fishing south out of Sawpit Creek with Scott and Carron Frost. After meeting them early we headed up the intercoastal thru the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill and set  up fishing float rigs and live shrimp on the last of an incoming tide. Carron kicked it off pretty quick with a couple of Bluefish catc...

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...

We had a beautiful day today with sunny skies just a light breeze and temperatures rising when I met Zach Peyton and his son Tyler and their friend RC up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We eased out of Eagans Creek and made a short run over to the outside of Tyger Island where we set up with float rigs baited with live shrimp. We were...

I wrapped up a long difficult week today fishing with the Hutchens brothers - that cold water has been tough on the fish catching totals. These guys Tom and Bob were good anglers and we fished some spots that looked absolutely beautiful - sunny skies no wind to speak of great casts outstanding drifts but there for a while it was looking like we w...