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...

Note that the  blog Amelia Island Fishing Reports  was selected by FeedSpot as one of the Top 50 Florida Fishing Blogs on the web. We're #18 and moving up! If you scroll down the right side of this report you will see that ALL TIME visits to the page is well over 2 million! (It's right under the Waxhead banner)  Last month alone there were 43 061...

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...

I was craving some Shrimp Chowder and after googling a few recipe's and getting the gist of what others were using I threw this together. Most of the recipe's called for 1lb of Shrimp. I had 3lbs and used it all!  You know how you order something from a restaurant and get just a few shrimp? Why skimp if you're making it yourself! 2       Cups pee...

We had a beautiful morning today to wrap up the week before the holiday weekend when I met John Raker and his mother Betty out at Goffinsville Park boat ramp. We eased north and around Seymore's Pointe and tried some float rigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been going out for about an hour. Both Betty and John were getting excellent drifts -...

We had a nice breezy morning today just enough to keep it from getting hot. I had met David Wanda and Charlie Morton up at Old Town Bait and Tackle on a tide that had been going out for about 2 hours. We eased out of Eagans Creek and made a short run over to Lanceford Creek to fish some dock pilings with jigs and live shrimp. Wanda knocked the sku...

I fished Friday to wrap the week up - it was a bit cool when I met Willam and Dara Blalock out at Goffinsville Park. We made a good run down the Nassau and thru Horsehead and over to Poteat Point to make our first stop and I'm glad I had my heavier North Face on!  The tide was still up so we went with float rigs and worked the grass. Not much was...

..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 kicked off the week (and month) with a trip out of Goffinsville Park this morning when I met brothers Gordon and George Piasecki early. Gordon had brought along a couple of crab traps to try out at each spot we fished and it worked out pretty good. We made a quick run over to Pumkin Hill on a high tide that still had about 30 minutes of comin...

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...