Brook Benge brought along two of his fishing buddies - Tommy and Roger when I met them out at the Amelia Island Marina early this morning. We eased down the canal and made a short trip over to some structure to try our luck with some jigs and mud minnows on the first of an incoming tide. The conditions were good it wasn't on fire but Tommy did k...

I wrapped my week up (kinda slow week but next week is slam full) fishing with Steve Locke who brought along his fishing buddy Tony. We met out at Goffinsville early and with a tide that had just hit bottom we made a short run down to Broward Island and fished deep with jigs and mud minnows. Steve put the first fish in the boat when he hooked up...

We were back at it today fishing with Tom Gaslin and his buddy Steve. I met them early out at Goffinsville Park on a tide that still had about 30 minutes of coming in so we headed over to Pumkin Hill to kill some time and drift float rigs baited with mud minnows along the shell bank. That first stretch didn't produce a bite but after we eased up...

I went with straight mud minnows for the second day in a row when I met Ray Pinkston and his son Jack out at Goffinsville Park early this morning. And we had a plan: fish those minnows at the drainages along the Nassau River. We stuck to it for the most part and it paid off with some solid action. We deviated just a bit at the first spot across...

We went early today to beat the heat and it worked out pretty good. I had met Allen and Lavern Webb up at Old Town Bait and Tackle - they open at 6:00am - I was about 3rd in line- and as I was leaving there was a line out the door! Allen and Lavern and I pulled away from the dock at 6:30 and eased out of Eagans Creek and made a quick run up and a...

I fished this morning with Jason Wells and his two younger kids Allison and Joah meeting them out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp early. We made a short trip down and back up to the mouth of Back River to fish a stretch of oysters on a tide that had been going out for a few hours - the oysters were well exposed. I don't normally fish that stretch...

I was back to work today fishing with Brian Roach and his son Mike after meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made a short run up the Nassau River to Spanish Drop and began fishing a large outflow on a tide that still had a few hours to hit bottom. But the oysters we exposed and these two anglers began pitching to the edges w...

This morning I launched at Old Town Bait and Tackle and after a Bait Shop sausage and egg sandwich made the run over to Oyster Bay to pick up David Vice Robert Stettner and their fishing buddy Greg. We came back around Tyger and as we were heading up to the Jolley we made a stop on the outside of Tyger turned into the incoming current and began p...

I fished yesterday with the Frost's - Steve and Carron meeting them down at the Sawpit Creek boat rampearly and good for that - the day turned out very still and hot! We ran up the Nassau and made our first stop at Twin Creeks to fish float rigs and live shrimp and mud minnows on a tide that had been coming in a few hours. We worked that spot and...

I met the Pinkston boys out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp this morning Ray and his brothers Tommy and Jimmy. The tide still had a couple of hours of coming in so we made a quick run over to Pumpkin Hill and set up to drift floats and live shrimp with the incoming current along the flooding grass line. I was looking for Trout but all we found was...

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I wrapped my week up fishing with the Verner boys Patrick and his sons Bryan and Patrick and grandson James. We met early down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp and then made a long run up the intracoastal all the way up to Poteat Point where we set up to fish float rigs on a tide that had only been going out for about an hour. Using live shrimp as bait...

We went out of Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning after meeting Joey Shiver his son Casey and son-in-law Brett early for a half day of fishing. We eased out of Eagans Creek then made a run up and around the outside to Tyger. I had all three anglers tossing jigs and live shrimp to a nice drainage in hopes for a Flounder but all we had were nibb...

I uncovered the boat this morning in the rain and it rained from the bait shop down to Sawpit and it rained when John Foreman his son Chase and grandson Nate and I ran up the intracoastal to make our first stop at Poteat Point. It rained for about two hours into the trip but the fish were biting! I think John's first or second cast produced a nic...

We had movement on the Bragging Rights board today - Flounder category. I had met Clint Davidson his wife Kat and her father Brian up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early this morning and after easing out of Eagans Creek and running up to the intracoastal we pulled in to a small drainage on the outside of Tyger to try our hand at catch...

2025 FWC Seatrout Symposium   The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is excited to announce the 2025 Seatrout Symposium which will take place on August 27th at the Daytona Beach Hilton Oceanfront Resort in Daytona Beach Florida. This one-day event will bring together stakeholders scientists and fisheries managers for an in-dep...

We've been getting together for about the last 5 years - my High School football teammates and yesterday we fished the NSFA Rodeo Tournament. Tony French played linebacker our Senior year Daniel bubba Rhodes anchored one side of the line at offensive tackle while I anchored the other side at tackle. A few years ago we lost teammate Raymond Keen w...

Charter Captain Jesse Stubbs has been leading the way lately to bring light to the absurdity of the City's management (and lack thereof) of our ONLY City boat ramp. He's uncovered some conflicts that may leave the City legally vulnerable as they attempt to develop our once working waterfront into Disney 2.0..   Signs Signs Everywhere a Sign! Confl...

I fished Friday with Bill Foran and his daughter Casey meeting them up at Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We made a quick run up and over to the Jolley River turned into the  bank and worked back. Our first cast produced a bite and Fish On! That's the way you like to start a trip!  Casey expertly worked in a nice Flounder to kick the day off....

After meeting Cary Bennett and his granddaughters Chloe and Zoe down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp this morning we made a quick run up the intracoastal to dip into Jackstaff turn into the current that had just started in and began to pitch jigs and live shrimp.  We worked a good stretch the trio of anglers were making good casts and finally Cary...

Brook Benge brought along two of his fishing buddies - Tommy and Roger when I met them out at the Amelia Island Marina early this morning. We eased down the canal and made a short trip over to some structure to try our luck with some jigs and mud minnows on the first of an incoming tide. The conditions were good it wasn't on fire but Tommy did k...

I wrapped my week up (kinda slow week but next week is slam full) fishing with Steve Locke who brought along his fishing buddy Tony. We met out at Goffinsville early and with a tide that had just hit bottom we made a short run down to Broward Island and fished deep with jigs and mud minnows. Steve put the first fish in the boat when he hooked up...