March 13, 2023 I’ve been noticing on my back water trips that the Seatrout size are getting a bit bigger, and that we’re starting to catch them over flooding oyster beds, rather than just in the deeper water. Last week we caught our biggest Seatrout to date, a 20.5″ on live shrimp in 6′ of […]
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December 27, 2022 I ran into Capt Benny Hendrix with Heavy Hitter Fishing Charters at Old Town Bait and Tackle today. I had seen him at AIBT yesterday morning and when I asked how he did he reported that they had “tore them up”! Capt Benny was fishing some dock pilings on the first of […]
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December 26, 2022 I ran in to Capt George Smith with Her Money Fishing Charters, out at Goffinsville Park as he was coming in with some guests visiting from Michigan. They had launched this morning with temperatures at 23 degrees – now that’s cold! But they had a bait well full of live shrimp and […]
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December 5, 2022 …just in from Capt George Smith of Her Money Fishing Charters: “The fish bite has gotten better as the water temperature has dropped into the mid to lower 60’s. Targeting Sea Trout with an adjustable float in the 6-8′ water column around the Fort Clinch area has been productive. The Redfish have […]
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Oct 2022 When folks ask me about fly fishing at Amelia Island I usually tell them that it can be tough, but very rewarding when you finally get that big fish on a fly. If you’re targeting Redfish in the grass, the time of year has to be right; the time of day has to […]
Oct 14, 2022 Dee Dee Bartels Pier I had just dropped off some guests at the Dee Dee Bartels Park and was getting things put away on my boat when I heard the unmistakable sound of a drag ripping! When I looked up I could see that an angler, John, had a big fish on! […]