Finally! I was back fishing this morning meeting Larry and Connie Soper up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early (6:30am) - we wanted to beat the heat and we did! We eased out of Eagans Creek and made a fairly long run up and over to the Jolley River and up it to JC's Spot to fish the very last few minutes of an outgoing tide with jigs...

After last week's heat today's weather was a blessing albeit kind of spooky - there were storms to the eastof us and storms to the west of us but we stayed dry and safe the entire morning. I had met William Waldman up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made our way up and around to the Bell River set up...

Most of you know that I collect vintage fishing tackle and lures. One of those pieces was a new in box Shakespear fly reel made of magnesium - I kept it on a shelf for display but I got to thinking that think might be fun to fish!  So I began searching for a fiberglass fly rod - old school right? And I came across a fellow that makes fiberglass f...

Our Jacksonville TV station WJXT4 ran a story this week about the George Crady Bridge being closed on the Duval side. Evidently Duval County pays good money to subsidize the fishing bridge. It's been closed for years with no plan is sight to open it back up.  CLICK HERE for the TV stor y You've probably seen my rants about boater parking getting s...

We've all been there before - one of the fishing crew seems to have the hot hand and catches most of the fish. Today was the Jared Show - I had met Mark Averbuch his son Jared and grandson Max down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and after making a long run up the Nassau all the way around to a point of grass at Back River set up with some fl...

I met Nick Nist and his fishing buddy out at Goffinsville Park this morning - we had the last few hours of an outgoing tide so we made a run down the Nassau turned into that outgoing current and began pitching jigs and live shrimp to the drainages. We had action just not what we were looking for - Bonnethead Shark made our drags rip a couple of t...

We entered a new era when Steve Locke treated his son Justin and grandson Landon to an Amelia Island Back Country fishing trip. It was Landon's first real fishing trip and today being his birthday it was time to go fishing with the men!  I met them early out at Goffinsville Park and with a tide that still had about an hour to go out we made a qu...

What we didn't know couldn't hurt us right? It seems like it's been two months of heat here at Amelia Island but most days we would have a little bit of breeze and/or some cloud cover to keep it somewhat bearable. For about the first hour this morning we had that breeze but then it came to a halt and boy was it hot for the rest of the morning. Bu...

Back to work again today - is this heat every going to subside? I mentioned to my wife that I didn't think we've had this hot of a summer in a while! But the Hobbs crew - Jeremy his daughter Willow and her friend Olivia were up to the challenge and they met me early down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made the run  up the Nassau River - my plan...

Finally back down at the south end today - I met Jeff Adams his son Beau and father-in-law Charlie early at Sawpit Creek and we made a long run up the intracoastal   up the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill where we went with float rigs and mud minnows on a  high and incoming tide. The trio stayed busy battling Ladyfish and more Ladyfish and...

My advice - get out early!  Boy has it been hot the last few weeks. It's not so bad from daylight until about 9:30am but then it gets hot. And it seems were catching most of our fish in those first few hours. Today I met Darrell Holcomb and his fishing partner Jim up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. The tide had just started out so we...

Lee Kaywork had one of his grandsons visiting this week and wanted to introduce him to some Amelia Island light tackle back water fishing so we met up at Old Town Bait and Tackle early this morning. We made our way over to the outside of Tyger Island and set up on a point to toss float rigs and mud minnows up current as the tide had just started...

I fished with the Averbuch boys today - Poppa-Doc Mark his son Cutler and grandson Harvey meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a short run up and over to the Nassau River and pulled up at Spanish Drop to begin tossing jigs and minnows and live shrimp to the drainage and shell bed. Mark had good luck early fishing off the...

I fished Wednesday before needing to head out of town for a quick trip - I met Frank Wytiaz and his long time buddy John up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We made a long run over and up to the Jolley River and then all the way up to JC's spot and began working an exposed oyster bed with jigs and mud minnows. Frank got hot early when h...

I've heard the superstition of catching a fish on the first cast - it didn't pan out today!  I had met Jerry and Deb Yarborough and their daughter Masha up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made a fairly long run up and around to the Jolley River and further up it all the way to the MOA (Mother of All)...

I wrapped my week up fishing with Cindy Gray and her grandsons Alex and Henry. We met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made our way up and around to the Jolley River turned into the bank and began to fish back with float rigs and mud minnows on a tide that had been coming in for a few hour...

I was back down at Sawpit Creek this morning meeting Dean Jensen and his sons Eli and Tyler early. We headed up the intracoastal then up the Nassau to make our first stop at the Spanish Drop area. The tide had been coming in a few hours so we went with float rigs and live shrimp and mud minnows. The shrimp were getting nibbles as expected but it...

Yesterday we had a pretty good day of catching Flounder up north. The day before yesterday we fished south down around Nassauville and even though we caught fish there wasn't much to brag about. I think we had two or three Redfish with the biggest being about 12 inches! And even though we caught Flounder north yesterday I just thought that going...

We went north today when I met Garland Clark and his son Chris up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. After easing out of Eagans Creek we made the short run over to Bell River and fished a flooded oyster point with float rigs and mud minnows on the very last of an incoming tide. The duo had a couple of nibbles but no takers. We ran thru...

My wife advised me last night that we wouldn't be catching many fish today in that two of her friends had called in sick with symptoms of high barometric pressure - one with a migraine and one with vertigo. Unfortunately she was close to being right - we struggled a bit to catch fish today. I had met David Vice and his fishing partners Lee and R...

Finally! I was back fishing this morning meeting Larry and Connie Soper up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early (6:30am) - we wanted to beat the heat and we did! We eased out of Eagans Creek and made a fairly long run up and over to the Jolley River and up it to JC's Spot to fish the very last few minutes of an outgoing tide with jigs...