I fished with John Fitch and his daughter Annie today meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We eased out of Eagans Creek and headed down the river to try and hit a spot before others got there!  We made it!  I set up alongside some structure and the duo began to toss jigs and live shrimp letting it fall to the bottom a...

Years ago while growing up in Fernandina we could go down to the City docks and purchase fresh shrimp right off the boats. Shrimp boats would be tied up two and three deep stern to bow. There was a seafood market that ran perpendicular to the wharf that also sold fresh shrimp and seafood. And then the shrimping industry dwindled.   A city that onc...

Usually when our first cast of day catches a Slot Redfish I'm thinking that's a good start. That's what happened this morning after I met John Fredericks and Dan Forsch up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and we hit our first spot - some dock pilings down the Amelia River. We were fishing on a tide that still had a few hours to go out to...

We had a fog that blanketed Amelia Island this morning and when I met Joseph Mahoney his dad Norm and nephew Mike up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp we had to ease out of Eagans and down the Amelia River to make it to our first spot. Joe was up front on the cooler braving the cooler wind and keeping a second set of eyes out for crab pot...

Today had to have been one of the worst day's weather-wise that I've fished in a long time. We had checked the forecast and saw that by mid morning their was a 64% chance of rain but those Weathermen are notoriously wrong right? Not today! I met Todd Johnson and his fishing buddy Patrick Davis down at Sawpit Creek on a tide that when we reached N...

I fished south today meeting Sean Patwell down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and a with a plan to catch the first of an incoming tide we made a long run up the Nassau River to our first spot.  I think it was the first cast when we had a Strong hookup - this fish was digging deep and ripping drag with no intention of coming to the boat and i...

When he stepped out of the truck it was almost like all sound stopped - the seagulls quit screeching the marsh wrens quit chirping and as the sun came up the world stopped spinning as the  young angler made his way to the dock at Old Town Bait and Tackle. I don't know if I've ever seen such a slow confident walk as he glided down the gangway in h...

Prettiest morning all week!  Hardly any wind sunshine and only a bit cool when I met Steve Locke and his fishing buddy Jason up at the Old Town Boat and Tackle boat ramp this morning. We eased out of Eagans Creek and headed over to Tyger Island and I knew I just KNEW that we were going to get in to some Redfish. If someone had asked I'd of bet a...

Another beautiful day today!  I met Frank Boehm (B-O-E-H-M) and his fishing buddies Jack and Mark and Pat early up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and with a high tide that just started out we made our way over to the outside of Tyger to fish float rigs with live shrimp. There was a bit of breeze coming from the NE but luckily it hadn't gotten too str...

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...

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...