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Fishing Slip Corks for Speckled Trout and Reds
I'm pretty stubborn in my fishing habits for the most part. Especially during the Summer months. This time of year, I tend to gravitate to pitching Sheepshead jigs tipped with...
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Trout Season Is Underway
The weather gods must be at war because the temperatures are all over the place! One day its calm and warm, the next it's blowing 35 knots and 35 degrees......
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Deep Water Lure Fishing
Its been another windy week! Calmer conditions it seems are getting harder and harder to come by. This week, I'm going to touch a bit on lure fishing in windy...
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Live Bait for Flounder and Trout
Its getting to be that time of year when the Flounder and Tarpon start showing up in the St. Johns River. The smaller Tarpon have been caught this week in...
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Southern Flounder 101
"Southern Flounder 101" It's that time of year again. Winds have started blowing out of the Northeast, water temperatures have fallen into the low 70's, and we're breaking out the...
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How Tides Affect Fishing
Its been a wet week ladies and gentlemen. A lot of rain and even more wind.... Fishing has been tough with the water being dirty due to so much rain...
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Fishing with Pilchards in North Florida
Late Summer is hot and the fishing is getting even hotter! Baits been plentiful virtually everywhere. There's plenty of finger Mullet in the Creeks and river mouths around Mayport. The...
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Summer Tarpon Rigging
I've covered a lot of information about Tarpon fishing in Jacksonville waters the past months. This week, I'll go over some of the finer details about rigging. As we all...
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The Silver Lining
Its July in Northeast Florida and man is it ever hot out! Water temperatures are sitting in the high 80's and we're sweating in the shade! There is a silver...
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May Bite
May is heating up with highs averaging the mid 80's, lighter winds, and warmer waters. Water temperatures on the beach are sitting between 73 and 75 degrees. The warmer water...
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May On The Horizon
We're transitioning into May, and with it, some new fish species! I don't know about everyone else, but by mid to late Spring, I'm about ready to fish for something...
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Shifting Gears
As per usual, it's December and the Sheepshead bite has slown down dramatically. This seems to happen every year in December. You can still catch them, except they're tougher to...
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Convicts On The Rocks
Earlier this month we went over some Sheepshead fishing basics, "Migration Patterns", "locating potential spots", "Bait", and "Rigging". This week we'll pick up where we left off and focus a...
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How To Catch A Theif
Earlier this month we went over some Sheepshead fishing basics, "Migration Patterns", "locating potential spots", "Bait", and "Rigging". This week we'll pick up where we left off and focus a...
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Fall Sheepshead
We've been greeted with several Noreasters this month. The weather has officially cooled off enough to trigger the Sheepshead migration inshore. There have been a number of reports coming in...
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Fall Croaker and Flounder
The Fall weather pattern is starting to show here in Jacksonville. We've had several days of consistent Northeast wind blowing through this week. With Fall having officially begun, the Atlantic...
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Post Irma Trout Bite
The St. Johns is a mess! water clarity zero, salinity zero, currents are brutal, and debris is everywhere! However, there is a silver lining, Sea Trout fishing. The Trout bite...
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Summer Flounder
We're rappidly aproaching Fall here in Northeast Florida. This time every year the big fish on everybodies mind are the Flounder. Every Summer the Flatties move into the river from...
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Summer Trout
This week we're going old school and talking a bit about fishing slip corks for Speckled Trout. We've all been through it before fishing one spot or another where a...
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Chum Em Up!!!
This week we're going to touch on a topic that doesn't get discussed nearly enough, inshore chumming. Using chum to bring in the fish has been the staple of captains...
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North Florida Tarpon
The fishing is hot in Jacksonville right now. With a wide variety of inshore options to choose from, it's easy to change it up and target a different species of...
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May Tarpon, Trout and Bull Reds
Baits everywhere, the heat index is climbing and the fishing is even hotter! The Bull Reds have finally started stacking back up in the St. Johns River. From Little Jetties...
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Summer Flounder
We've been dealing with plenty of tough fishing conditions as of late with several inches of rain hitting the area. The full moon follow up certainly hasn't helped! It's not...
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Mixing It Up In Late April
It's an exciting time right now with the arival of late Spring fishing opportunities. We didn't get much of a Cobia run this year with a limited number of reports...
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April Fish Report
Things are changing fast as we progress into the ladder half of Spring in North East Florida. First, the Leather Back Turtles started appearing on the beaches. Then we had...
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April Transition
We're officially moving into the second half of Spring. April is going to be a hot month! The Black Drum spawn has concluded and the big breaders have pushed out...
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Mayport Inlet Monster Black Drum
This has definitely been a December for the books. With little, to no bad days on the water and so much variety to be had, it's been a great month....
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Late April Gator Trout, Mango Snappers, Reds and Spanish
It's an exciting time right now with the arrival of late Spring fishing opportunities. We didn't get much of a Cobia run this year with a limited number of reports...
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SPRING COBIA AND SHEEPSHEAD
Things are changing fast as we progress into the ladder half of Spring in North East Florida. First, the Leather Back Turtles started appearing on the beaches. Then we had...
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APRIL TRANSITION
We're officially moving into the second half of Spring. April is going to be a hot month! The Black Drum spawn has concluded and the big breaders have pushed out...
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Bangin The Drum
Well, it's mid March and the weather is all over the spectrum! The wind is howling, it's 80 degrees one day then 40 degrees the next! Welcome to North Florida......
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NOT YOUR AVERAGE BEAR – Bulls in December and nothing smaller than 46 inches
Like the title suggests, we've been on a hot Bull Red bite. The struggle is definitely real, just ask Billy Clide and crew. You may recognize him from the TV...
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MAYPORT INLET VARIETY – Trout, Sheepshead, Red Drum, Porgies and Flounder
Well, it's December and the Big Rocks are producing quality fish. The water temperature is holding around 68 degrees and the last of the roe Mullet are pushing out. The...
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INLET MIXED BAG – Sheepshead, Porgy’s, Drum, Red Fish and Black Margates
The Fall weather pattern is steady moving along and so are the Sheepshead and near shore species. The Sheepshead migration into the inlet is stronger than ever. Lots of good,...
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FALL SHEEPSHEAD MADNESS – Sheepshead, Flounder, Trout, Reds, Ring Tails and Drum
The Sheepshead push is going strong in the St. Johns Inlet. The first waves are smaller fish around 2-3 pounds on average with several from 3-5 pounds mixed in. Angler...
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CATCHING CROOKS – Sheepshead, Flounder, Red Fish and Trout
It's October again and as always, we're locking down the Convicts. The transition from late October to November is always prime time Sheepshead fishing. The largest concentration of fish come...
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JIGGIN FOR FLATTIES – Flounder, Sheepshead, Red Fish and Tarpon
The Flounder bite is strong right now. Mostly smaller fish but there are definitely a few Thumpers around. You gotta dig for them and for us that meant throwing back...
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MULLET RUN MADNESS – Tarpon, Flounder, Trout, Slot and Bull Reds
The Mullet are on the move! The Inlet has been alive with schools numbering in the thousands. The Tarpon and Sharks can be seen blowing the Mullet up at every...
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SLAMMIN POPPING CORKS – Flounder, Trout, Slot Reds and Bull Red spawn fun
The weather has been sporty with 25 knot wind and huge seas. This Northeast blow has been a hurdle but, we've been doing what we can to work around it....
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INSHORE MADNESS – Snook, Flounder, Reds, Trout and Tarpon
It's been a hot summer and the fishing has been even hotter! I've had to change things up a bit with the arrival of a lower back injury. Lifting heavy...
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