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 I had the day off and decided to get in some fun fishing before we had to batten down the hatches for the approaching storm.  After be first in line at the Amelia Island Bait and Tackle for some live shrimp I headed down to Sawpit Creek b

Brody walked down the dock with a “Jaws” shirt that let me know right away what he hoping to catch. Fortunately we found tons of bonnethead sharks eager to eat cracked blue crab. Brody did his best to get the sharks to the boat and someti

Kaitlyn Stover started her marriage off right by arranging an Amelia Island back country fishing for her new Hampton Inn and Suites located just across the street from the dock where I picked them up this morning at 7am.  We headed up to the Jo

  I was fishing up north out of Old Town Bait and Tackle this morning. After meeting Aaron Self his son Isaac and his cousin Robert we headed out of Eagans Creek and made run up to the Jolley River and turned into the current to fish the bank w

With plans to fish the calm before the storm I met Dale and Charlotte Cathell down at the City marina this morning and after a brief safety orientation we headed north to the outside of Tiger Island on the last of an incoming tide. The two anglers w

I fished this morning with Keith McFadden and his friend Tammy meeting them down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp early this  morning.  There was a little bit more breeze than I expected but it did keep the gnats (no-see-ums) off of

We had another beautiful day to be out fishing Amelia Island waters today.  I had met Henry Weiner down at the Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina this morning and we made a short run around to the outside of Tiger Island to fish float rigs and live

Today we were scheduled to fish all day. We started off by catching some live Ballyhoo. We also caught a Bonnethead Shark at the same spot. We then went to about a 115 feet of water and had a few King Mackerel bites and caught one small one. We then

Mike Maron was visiting Amelia Island again this year with his family and set up an Amelia Island back country light tackle fishing trip.  This year there were so many family members that wanted to go fishing he set up a 3/4 day and split the t

Just when I think the water can't be any calmer then we have a day like today.  I picked up Bill Easom and his party of friends Dan Mike and Gordy at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp this morning at 7:30am.  The river was as slick as a lake

Mauen Lee had me set up 3 Amelia Island backwater boats to take he and his eight friends fishing today.   They are all visiting to help send off one of their friends who will be getting married soon.  We each had 3 in a boat an left t

The week ends the week begins…seems like the last few weeks of fishing have all run together at a furious pace.   I’ve had an absolutely amazing time fishing with some outstanding folks…some new some old.   I know I’

 Trout. They just keep coming. I had met the Dickens group set up by Sparkle - her son David son-in-law Domenic grandson Chris and her brother Jack - early down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We made a short run up the Nassau River and turned i

  We lucked out with the weather this morning - the forecast had changed by the time we got on the water and for the most part we had clear skies and low winds. We did have two rainbows that graced us with their presence! I had met Pete Nolan h

 Bragging Rights Busted. I had met Scott er and his son Benny up at Old Town Bait and Tackle this afternoon on a tide that had been coming in for about an hour. We made our way over to Tyger Island and fished the logs with jigs and live shrimp.

 I thought I had the day off today and had a long to-do list ready but luckily the Coffey's saved me! One of my regular customers who was set to fish today called in that he'd had to have an emergency medical procedure so the day was op

Amelia Island resident Kimberly Syme had pre-arranged a gift certificate for her husband Brian's birthday yesterday morning and he brought along his son Nicholas and their friend Mason Baker.  Boy was it a pretty day!  With the tide fa

  I wrapped the week up fishing with  my newest in-laws Douglas and Cindy Bailey who were down visiting Amelia Island to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary!  We met up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp eased out of Eagan

 I fished with the Ankney group today - Blake and Cooper and Keira meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp. We eased out of Eagans Creek and made our way over to the outside of Tyger and worked the bank good with shrimp and ji

Yesterday morning was some really tough fishing.  The Northeast winds had blown the water in and made the high tide even higher and we struggled to find a bite much less to find a fish!  But yesterday afternoon as the water came out of the