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Fishing this week has been excellent Inshore Nearshore & Offshore! Inshore- Fishing inshore during April one can expect to catch many Snook Jacks Sea Trout Snapper Redfish Ladyfish & Tarpon this time of year. Snook are open until may 31. Ke

  I fished with the Fitzgerald's again today Gregg and Dannie Guy and Ginnie meeting them this morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We ran up the Nassau and made a quick stop at Spanish Drop to toss float rigs and live shrimp to the

We had another beautiful morning here at Amelia Island. I had met Matt Sedgwick and his son Luke down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp and we made a run up the Nassau River to fish Twin Creeks with float rigs and live shrimp. We did get one b

I fished this morning with Matt Pollard and his brother-in-laws Rush and John. We met down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and made the short run up and over to the Nassau River and began fishing jigs and minnows to the run outs and oyster beds on the

 I went with my gut this morning purchasing only Mud Minnows for our bait of choice and rigged my rods with a light 1/8oz jig with plans to fish the last of an incoming tide. We have been getting a lot of Mangrove Snapper on the shrimp but almo

Although the weather forecast last night predicted a good chance of rain for this morning we had clear skies the whole time! Garland Clark and his friend Suzanna elected to begin Garland's Birthday Celebration by  fishing the back waters of

We had a  beautiful cool and crisp morning when I met Tom and Mary Lou Stergios up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park. I launched in the dock saw a lit up shrimp boat motor by then Tom and Mary Lou and I pulled out from the dock as the sun came up. We

You can't beat these beautiful mornings we're having here at Amelia Island. I had met Rusty and Staci Byrd and their adult kids Austin and Elizabeth down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp this morning. We had clear skies and a slight breeze (whi

I had a freak part break last week and it almost kept me off the water. The bracket on the starter broke not letting the motor start and we had to be towed in by Boat U.S. The only positive that day was we got out early and netted allot of bait. I w

Larry joined me recently on the Banshee and we pretty much whacked the fish all morning long. In fact we left them biting a bit after the noon hour. Plenty of slot sized seatrout with a few dinks mixed in and more ladyfish and jacks than we cared to

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 We had a nice morning greet us when I met Glenn and Patty Langford up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park asthe sun came up.  There was still about an hour of tide going out so we made a quick run over to Lanceford Creek and fished some dock pili

  I wrapped my week up fishing out at Goffinsville Park today. I met Joe Callow and his fishing buddies Jack and Larry early. We made a quick run down the Nassau and made  a stop at Spanish Drop and fished the exposed shell bank with jigs

Patrick of Captain Smiley Fishing Charters reports that fishing over the past two weeks has been great with the most recent days on the water providing excellent topwater action. The inshore waters are holding redfish trout and ladyfish with Zara Spo

This is the 3rd week of June 2024. The rain we had for the last 2 weeks has the Snook bite on fire. This happens every June we get tons of water pushing out to Fl. Bay and the Snook love it. They are also in the backcountry when it is blowing 15-20m

Today we caught Mangrove Snapper Pinfish Grouper Seatrout Flounder Redfish Ladyfish Jack Crevalle Bonnethead Shark and Needlefish - and almost the Kitchen Sink!  I had met Jon Beall and  his son Brian up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and aft

  I fished north today meeting Sam Dworetzky and his fiancée Ashlee and her parents Bonnie and Phil up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park. We ran north and west and up to the Jolley River turned into the current of a tide that had just started in

  After a weekend off I was back to work today when I met David Bolton and his daughter Katie out at his place on Lanceford Creek. We then made our way  back to the outside of Tyger Island and set  up fishing float rigs on a high and

  Luckily today we had just a bit of breeze so it wasn't quite as hot as it was yesterday. When we came in from fishing around 11am today there were a couple of anglers launching to start there day and with it being so hot I  thought c

 After a miserable slow bite yesterday I was back fishing south today meeting Eddie Byrd and Bob Kossman down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early. We made the run up the intercoastal turned in to Jackstaff and dipped into a side creek to f