The difference in the weather from yesterday to today was like night and day! Beautiful - clear skies sunshine pleasant temperatures and just a bit of wind to keep things interesting.  I had met John Raker and his fishing partner Robert out at Goffinsville Park at 8:30 to give the tide a chance to turn around. We made our first run around to Seymo...

It stayed dreary all day today - overcast a bit windy and somewhat cool. I had met William Blalock out at Goffinsville Park early and with it dark enough still to have the NAV lights on we eased up river to fish Pumpkin Hill on a high and still incoming tide. I had hoped that we'd pick up some Seatrout - sometimes we do- but we had nary a bite a...

On occasion I get a group of more than 4 who want to go fishing and one option is to do a split trip -we go out with the first group and fish for 3 hours then come back to the dock unload and reload with the 2nd group and that's what we did today with the Matheney group. I met Greg and his two sons Rip and Warren down at Sawpit Creek on a tide tha...

It looks like today may be the only day we get out this week (hopefully the winds die down later in the week - we'll see). This morning I meet Ed Birkett and his fishing partners Paul and Gary down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had pushed the start time to 8am with plans to fish the first of an outgoing tide. After running up the intercoasta...

This recipe comes from Olive Amelia and establishment in downtown Fernandina Beach 206 Centre Street It was very flavor able-I think I'll be prepping my shrimp just to eat with this marinade! Check out their Recipe page for ways to add more flavor to your meals.. Get ready to elevate Taco Tuesday to a whole new level with Citrus Shrimp Tacos! Burs...

You may have noticed that hurricane Milton messed me up last week - 4-5 canceled trips! But I was back at it today and what a way to come back to work! My theory is that the fish are gorging themselves getting ready for winter - the fish catching today was on fire - hands down the best trip I've had all year! I had met Ann Mastroserio and her fis...

We launched this  morning down at Sawpit under some really eerie skies -dark clouds as the sun came up- we were expecting rain but luckily never got it!  I had met Todd Johnson and his son Oliver early and we made a short run up and over to Spanish Drop n the Nassau turned into a tide that had been coming in for a few hours and began tossing floa...

We did a mid morning trip today meeting at 10:30am - High Tide up at Nassauville. I met James Tuten his brother Robert and Roberts daughter Katie down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made the 15 minute run up to Semore's Pointe where we went with float rigs and live shrimp on the first of an outgoing tide - it was high!  It didn't take long b...

I finished up a 2nd Fly Casting 101 casting session last week and it went pretty good!  We covered the equipment - the rods (their different configurations weights actions) the reels (the weights need for spare spools) the backing (the reasons for it) the fly line (the different types and reasons for them) the leaders the tippet and the flies - S...

The recipe calls for blackened red snapper but I've been using blackened Red Drum - those Snapper are hard to find in the back water!  I picked this recipe up off of Facebook specifically the page Cookery Gems: For the blackened Redfish:  Melt a stick of butter in a pot...

Evidently Hurricane Helene is headed to Florida hopefully passing us by as she hits over near Tallahassee. But we were able to squeeze in one more fishing trip today when I met the Ahrens Bryan and his sons Henry down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We headed up the intercoastal turned into the Nassau and made our way around to Back River where we...

Another beautiful day maybe the last before this next storm hits!  I met Glenn and Patti Langford up at Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning - the high had just hit bottom as we eased out of Eagans Creek and made our way up and around to the Jolley River. I turned into the bank just as the tide line moved past us and the two anglers began to pit...

After last week's high tides and slow fishing I have to admit I was a bit worried about today's fishing but I had to council myself - we had good weather forecasted and we had a good tide so we surely would catch fish!  I met William and Dara Blalock out at Goffinsville Park early and the forecast was correct - it was a beautiful morning. We made...

Finally some beautiful weather! I met Brian Roach down at Sawpit Creek this morning early. We had some store-bought live shrimp and we cast netted about a dozen finger mullet then we headed up the intercoastal then up the Nassau to make our first stop at Spanish Drop. We turned into the current and began to toss float rigs on an incoming tide tha...

It had to be the prettiest day in a long time that we've had here at Amelia Island - clear skies sunshine only a slight breeze and temperatures below 70 when I met Tim and Laura Wolfe down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The tide was high and coming in so we made quick run over to the intercoastal and up the Back River and around to Pumpkin Hill wher...

Crazy weather but we squeezed in a fishing trip today - the forecast called for very  little rain chance but winds hovering around 12mph and overcast - it wasn't very pretty but we thought fishable. So I met Robert Stettner David Vice and his friend Bhavna out at Goffinsville Park and with a very high tide still coming in we made our way over to...

Forget turning the spigot off someone stick a finger in the dam!  Boy have we had some rain this past week - the streets and fields and driveways and garages are flooding. I was three trips go down the drain before I was able to squeeze in today - cloudy overcast but no rain and no real wind to speak of.  I met Jeff and Cindy Patrick up at Old T...

You've probably heard be careful what you wish for - just a month ago we were begging for rain and now it seems someone forgot to turn the spigot off! And last night the forecast called for 47% chance of rain today so we thought we'd be getting wet if we fished but we were going anyway! Luckily when I got up to get the boat ready the forecast ha...

I wrapped my week up fishing with Bill Redfield and his friends Elaine and Joel meeting them out at Goffinville Park boat ramp. We had live shrimp finger mullet and a few mud minnows to fish with and they all caught fish. After leaving the ramp we ran over to Horsehead thru it and over to Poteat Point and set up to drift float rigs with the shrim...

After a day off I was back fishing today meeting the Johnson crew- Nathan and Hanna Michael and Cole. We were leaving the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early the water was like glass and heading up the Nassau River all the way around to Pumpkin Hill where we set up to fish float rigs with live shrimp finger mullet and a few mud minnows. It wasn't long b...

..but the Trout did come thru for us this morning. I had met Sam Brown his father Dennis and Sam's girlfriend Tany up at Old Town Bait and Tackle early this morning with a tide that was high and still coming in. It was a beautiful morning as we eased out of Eagans Creek then made our way up and around to the Jolley River where we eased into the b...

These will be short - it's getting late and I've got a trip early tomorrow... I fished with Cal early today meeting him out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp for a fishing trip and then a tour of the area - he's a new property owner and wanted to check the river out. We hit Twin Creeks down the Nassau and drifted floats with the current - Cal caught...

We waited for the tide to turn before we started today - I met David Bolton and his grandson Michael over at their dock on Lanceford Creek at 9am - the tide had just turned and started out. It was a beautiful morning with sunshine clear skies and just a slight breeze. We didn't go far - we came around to Soap Creek and fished a large drainage wit...