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...

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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...

I remember the one time I went fishing with my grandfather Lawence M. Piper. He and my grandmother had purchased a lake place on Lake Sante Fe down just east of Gainesville Florida. He was a Jacksonville policeman she at one time owned and operated Avondale Florist  and they lived just off of Cassat Avenue in Jacksonville Florida. But they were a...

It's always a surprise when we put a Snook in the boat and today we did just that!  I had met Brad Goodwin and his son Gray his father-in-law Jack and brother-in-law Tyler down at Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made a short run up the intracoastal then up the Nassau to make our first stop at Spanish Drop where they began to toss jigs and minnows t...

I was back launching at Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning where I met Nigel and Erin Morton who had their two sons Ronan and Vance with them. We eased out of Eagans Creek and then made a long run up and around to the Jolley River then all the way up it to the MOA on a tide that had just hit bottom. I have been fishing with mud minnows the las...

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 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...