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 Thanksgiving week and back to fishing!  I met Joey and Tanya Vasquez up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp early on a tide that still had about an hour of going out to hit bottom. We made a long run up to the Jolley River up the ri

  We've had a couple of days now where there has been a nip in he morning air and you can almost believe that Fall is really here. Except we are still seeing Rosette Spoonbills and catching Sharks and Mangrove Snappers! But it's only a

  Under the threat of rainstorms for the day I met Michael Williams and his fishing buddies Anthony and Chris down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. But the forecast had improved overnight and these anglers were game to be fishing so we headed up

  Yesterday we were just trying to catch a fish and ended up catching two nice Flounder. Today we had a special request to catch a Flounder and it was nip and tuck there for a while! I had met the Mitchell family - Ryan and Christina and their

I had two trips scheduled today and my first trip was with Mark and his Kids Maggie and Darryl.  They wanted to target bonefish and we hooked up but something happened as Maggie was fighting the big bonefish that we couldn't figure out but

We were pleasantly surprised to see that the winds had calmed a bit this morning when I met Beckie and Richard down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. After dealing with the  high winds and rain yesterday it was like a holiday! We ran up the Nassau

  We wrapped the week up with a beautiful August morning-sunshine and just a slight breeze.  The tide was still coming in when Bob and Kathy Miller and I had made the run from Sawpit Creek up to Pumpkin Hill. After the GPS caught and I set

  We did a mid-morning trip today when I met Bill Main down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The tide had been going out for a few hours and when we arrived at our first spot off Jackstaff Creek the oysters were still showing. But we went with fl

 There was as slight hiccup in the bait supply the last couple of days and luckily I got a text from AIBT last evening about there being no bait to buy this morning so I made plans to get up a bit earlier than usual loaded my gear and some old

Offshore reports have certainly begun to heat back up!  A 110lb wahoo was caught this week in 200′ of water on a rigged split tail mullet along with some massive porgy and some large yellowtail snapper! American red snapper season has bee

 I fished with the Stein girls today - Ellina Emily Liz and Erin - meeting them early down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. In addition to getting a break and visiting Amelia Island they were also helping Erin celebrate a birthday!  We ran u

It's always interesting to me how each trip differs from the next even on the same day.  My morning trip was fly fishing with Juan and his buddy Juan from Argentina.  We found tarpon and they threw at them for quite some time but never

  MANY MEN GO FISHING ALL OF THEIR LIVES WITHOUT KNOWING THAT IT IS NOT FISH THEY ARE AFTER -   Henry David  Thoreau Sometimes the fish don't cooperate on some of our fishing trips but when a young couple with a young angler get a

  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

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

Paul hadn't fished in over 20 years and 10 year old Will had never fished before and Paul wanted Will to try fishing.  Very cool!  I took them to a spot that usually holds all kinds of easy fish to catch and taught them how to cast a s

  We kicked the week off today with an action packed day of catching. I had met Dale Bullard and his fishing buddy Bernard Thompson down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and as we headed up the intercoastal we could just see the sun peaking

I got to fun fish today with my buddy and high school team mate Tony French who had along with him his daughter Katy recent High School graduate and future Armstrong College Alumni. The two were making a Florida swing before Katy goes off to college

  We had overcast skies today with forecasted winds picking up into the teens but Thompson Kurrie and his group- his son Cord and his friend Thomas -were ready to fish. We met down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and headed up the intercoas