We recently had a decent weather day where we were able to make the long run. We caught fish at every stop adding to the the fish box. The sharks took their toll at every stop too or the box would have looked 10 times better. Nonetheless we ended up with a great table at […] The post February Fishing Starts the Year Off Right appeared first on Tea...

Oh what a beautiful morning! I met Joe Cutajar and his high school buddy Joe Auty down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp this morning and with sunshine and clear skies we made our way up the Nassau River to make our first stop at some docks with plans to toss jigs and live shrimp to the pilings on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours....

Back to work after a long weekend off in Charleston I met the Andreasen fishing party early up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. It was Pat Andreasen his son-in-law Bryan grandson Mason and friend Frank as we eased out up Eagans Creek and found some dock pilings to fish on a tide that had been coming out for a couple of hours. We weren't re...

I got out this morning meeting Dick Conley David Gray and Henry Ross up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle as  the sun was coming up and with a tide that had been coming in for about an hour. We eased up the creek and found a crusty dock to toss jigs and live shrimp too and it wasn't long before we were getting fish. David knocked the skunk off by pi...

Last week a firestorm swept thru the Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island Community. One of the City commissioners appeared to conspire with a former commissioner now turned journalist blogger to imply that a Member of the Marina Advisory Board had suggested closing our only City boat ramp down at the Marina. Under that pretext he's asked the Community...

I tend to lose!  I've just never been the betting type but today I gambled that we would get fish on a high and incoming tide. It didn't happen. I had met Sean Pattwell up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early with a tide that was high and still coming in forecasted it hit the top around 8:15am. We eased out of Eagans Creek and I ran up...

I must have read the forecast for today wrong last night - I saw it with temperatures in the mid 50's partly sunny and only a slight breeze. When I met Ed and Madonna up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp it was in the 50's just a slight breeze but no sun. Granted it was 7:15am but we never saw the sun and the wind picked up as the day went...

I've heard!  Patience paid off today. I had met Bob Kossman and Frank Wytiaz who were sharing a trip today meeting them down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and then we headed up the Nassau River and when we reached Seymore's Point the tide had just started in. Again being hard headed I tried the dock and again not much biting. Frank did knock the...

42 degrees clear and no wind when I launched this morning down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp with plans to meet brothers Ray and Tommy Pinkston for a back country fishing trip. We made the run up the Nassau with a baitwell full of live shrimp and a few mud minnows left over from Friday. Our first stop was at a dock at Seymore's Pointe and both anglers...

With a scheduled oyster roast and fish fry planned for the next day neighbors Chris O'connor Brian Parent and myself ventured out Friday to try to add some fish to the pot. I had saved up a trout or two or three a couple of Reds and a a good handful of Mangrove Snapper but we needed just a bit more for the twenty or so people that were to stop by....

This is not my recipe!  I got it off the internet but I didn't record where it came from.  I goggled it and there are a bunch of other Stuffed Shrimp Mushrooms. This is more of an appetizer - with the cream cheese it's pretty rich!  Stuffed Shrimp Mushrooms 12   medium Button Cremini or Portobello mushrooms cleaned with stems removed and discard...

I don't know why when I was checking the weather last night I was more concerned about the wind forecasted at 13-15mph and not the temperature drop - I should have  been watching both!  I figured if I met Mark Averbuch his son Cutler and grandson Harvey down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we we could run into that West wind up to the Nassauville a...

Every year I track the demographics of my customers and find it interesting how they numbers add up at the end of the year. Some of my customers ask where are your guests from? and who are they fishing with? so here's a few answers to those questions from 2023: Average Age of who hired me:   60 years old (this is creeping up as I get older and my...

I intentionally didn't book any fishing trips last week and knowing that January is traditionally slow for bookings a had been planning for months to do a complete re-wire of the Anglers Mark. A new switch panel was ordered from New Wire Marine and I have been gathering other supplies - marine wire terminals and connectors. The re-wire was none t...

On the last day of the year we headed offshore in search of Black Sea Bass. Each Winter we look forward to a southward migration of these tasty fish and we run shorter trips such as our 4hr and 6hr trip to specifically target them. They are arguably the best tasting fish we have in […] The post December 31st 2023 – Steven Collins and Crew appeared...

Those high winds subsided over night but left us with clear skies and a 37 degree temperature this morning when I met Mark Averbuch his on Jared and grandson Max down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The winds were expected to pick up later in the day so we had to go early but it paid off anyway! All of us were wrapped up with layers as we made ou...

The high and incoming tide has been haunting me all week and we have been postponing trips until mid morning but today the wind was high and getting worse as the day wore on so we went early and with temperatures in the 40's it was kinda cool.  But John Beall and his son Brian were dressed for the weather and we had a plan to try to run to spots...

It was such a nasty day yesterday if it had been colder we may have had snow! We still had a high and incoming tide in the morning so we postponed the trip until 11am when I met William and Dara Blalock out at the Goffinsville Park boat ramp. The tide had just started out so we ran around Seymore's and set up on a point to toss float rigs and li...

I sure hope everyone had a great Christmas holiday! I was glad  to be back in hopes of working off some of that great food I ate!  We had a high and incoming tide this morning so we put off meeting until 10am. That's when William and Dara Blalock and I left the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and headed down the creek with plans to fish the fi...

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...