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I had the opportunity to fish with Dave Howard and his son  Graham  Friday morning and this time they brought along Dave's dad Mitchell to make it three generations fishing together!  There wasn't a lick of wind but the s

 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.

 We had an outstandingly beautiful day this morning even kinda cool with spotty clouds blocking the sun on occasion. I had meet Trip Huey north up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and as we were pulling away he mentioned liking to fish sou

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

Scary stuff. I remember wading in Port Isabel about 2 years ago and it was already dark but we continued fishing. I ended up hooking a 32 inch bonnethead shark. Scared the heck outta me!

  I was back to work today fishing with Chris Sneed and his buddy Chuck meeting them up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early. We eased out of Eagans and then ran up to the outside of Tyger and set up a drainage to pitch jigs and minn

The Bonnethead Shark (Sphyrna tiburo) is a small species of hammerhead shark belonging to the family Sphyrnidae. They are usually gray or brown in color, with a distinctive shovel-shaped head that is rounded at the front and flattened at the back,

We fished out of the Big Talbot Island park this morning - I met Jerry Gator Brown and his son Alex and son-in-law Brad early and we headed  up the Intercoastal and into Jackstaff to find a large runout just as the tide peaked at high. The thre

I had the pleasure of fishing again with Allen Reeves and this time he brought along his adult sons Jason and Jeff to fish the back waters of Amelia Island.  Last year when I fished with Allen we had what I call a banner day - just non-stop act

 Boy what a beautiful morning we had after a weekend of rain and last nights downpour. I had met Jeff and Cindy Patrick up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made a short run up to the outsid

 I fished with Mike Maguth yesterday and today opting for afternoon trips to fish  high but outgoing tides. It took two trips to get our Code Words down which turned out to be That's Him!. Both days we met up at Dee Dee Bartels but we

An outstandingly beautiful day greeted us this morning for a fun day of fishing the backwaters of Amelia Island.  I had scheduled to meet Barbara Montressor and her friend Christine Knoblauch down at the Fernandina Beach city marina.&

We had a beautiful morning today clear skies and sunny a bit cool but a great day to be out on Amelia Island waters.  I met Verne Murray and his son--in-law Pete down at the City docks and headed up to Tiger Island to fish a tide that had been

Sarah and Dave Post set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this afternoon so we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock in downtown Fernandina Beach at 3pm.  It had been chilly and overcast all day long but there was onl

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 sho

 I hope everyone had a great Memorial Day weekend and took time to honor our fallen service men and women. It's amazing the sacrifice some made for us and their families too. We were back at it today fishing out of Goffinsville Park after I

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

I had the pleasure of fishing with Mike Morrill and his buddy Ross this morning leaving early to fish with topwater lures on an outgoing tide.  We headed up to the Jolley River set up outside a large creek and began tossing Zara Spooks to the m

Boy what a beautiful morning we had today!  I had met Zach Peyton and his dad Bob down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp with plans to fish the Horsehead area on the last of an outgoing tide.  We had a good quantity of live shrimp an

Tropical storm Audrey passed through yesterday and left today sunny with only a nice breeze to fish in.  I met Jeremy Price and his son Aason at the Atlantic Seafood dock early this morning and we headed north with just a couple of hours until