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Robert Mchy and his son Evan met me down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp yesterday morning.  Boy was it a pretty day!  The water was like glass as I ran up the Nassau River to fish the Horsehead area on an incoming tide.  The anglers we

  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

Well backcountry fishing islamorada has been a little tough this past week with the severe drop in temperature this late. However there has still been a few good catches to report. Today Capt. Mike Bassett had Scott and Wendy from Indiana fishing in

We fished out of the Fernandina Harbor Marina today fishing with Ray Greco and his two friends John and Chip.  The tide was coming in but the oysters were still showing so we headed around to fish the logs of Tiger Island with jigs and liv

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

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 had another beautiful day today - sunshine and  slight breeze and no bugs! I had met Chris Moscoso and his cousin Rob down at the Atlantic Seafood dock and we headed up to Bell River to fish some dock piling on an outgoing tide with jigs and

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

 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

We had a good one yesterday morning fishing with Doug and Leslie Phillips here at Amelia Island.  The couple were staying at the Blue Heron Inn just a short walk to the marina and some great fishing!  We left the City dock at 7am and heade

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

 About when I think I've got fishing figured out I get surprised. This morning after meeting Henry Ross his sister Laura and her husband Dennis down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp we ran up the intracoastal up the Nassau and set up on a larg

 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

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

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 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

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

  It looks like we may  be getting wet every  day this week and today was no exception!  Mitch Bair and I  had  watched the weather forecast last evening and even this morning and it was looking decent for a fishing tri

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

 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 Fi