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Backwater Bite Picking Up As Water Warms

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 […]

Braving the Offshore Seas

March 11, 2023 Capt. Scott Thompson with Pipedream Charters and his party battled 3-5 foot seas, but they were not match for this crew. Capt Scott rode the trough for 20  miles off shore. The fearlessness of the group paid off with catches of Triggerfish, Sea Bass, Amberjack, small sharks and an 8′-10′ Thresher Shark. […]

Whiting Bite at the Surf

February 16, 2023 This from angler John Givens, Nassau Sport Fishing Association Member:  The Whiting are still biting in the Fernandina beach surf although we had to move around to find them.  I was using fresh dead shrimp with no Fishbites or scent was best.  Best area was the first wash close to beach and inside […]

Slow Fishing in the Intercoastal

2/15/23 This from angler John Givens and Nassau Sport Fishing Association member:  With underwhelming success fishing creeks last week with live shrimp, they tried  switching to ICW (intercoastal waterway) structure and a short ways into Egan’s Creek. They were fishing live shrimp on jig and live shrimp under cork for bait but didn’t get much […]