The speckled trout bite is still great. We had plenty of slot size fish to go around. The method was to float a cork with a live shrimp over structure such as rocks, old pilings and oyster bars. These fish are very tasty. The Salty Pelican does a fantastic job cooking these fish. The redfish bite has also been good along with puppy drum.

The speckled trout bite has been fantastic the past couple weeks. As the water gets cooler they are biting just about anything you throw at them. Several trout have been caught over 20 inches. Beginner and novice alike have been in on the action. Live bait under a popping cork or a jig head with a plastic grub have all worked well. Top water baits such as the skitter walk has been great also. If you like catching lots of good eating fish give me a call.

This week fishing around Amelia Island has been pretty good. The water temperatures have gotten back up into the high 50’s again. This has made the fish more active. A few bait fish are being seen with pelicans diving on the small fish. The speckled trout are getting caught in good numbers. We have had plenty of slot size fish being brought to the net. Some really nice specks are also being caught. A few fish in the 23-inch to 24-inch were brought in. These trout have been holding in the five to six foot depth. A live shrimp or mud minnow fished under a cork has worked well. The redfish bite has produced fish in the 18 to 22-inch range. Fishing around docks has been good and also fishing oyster beds located close to the grass produced some good catches. The same rig was used for catching the redfish as the trout.

The new year has started out great with the fishing in and around Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach. The weather has been fickle, like every year in January here, but on the days we have been able to get out, the fishing has been excellent. The speckled trout bite slowed down just a bit, but we are still catching a lot of fish. There have plenty of nice slot size fish, which are good eating. We have several places that will cook your catch such as the Salty Pelican located right next to the marina. These fish have been caught using a live shrimp or mud minnow under a floating cork. They have been eager to hit an artificial bait too. Soft plastics in a Christmas tree color or a chartreuse green with a ¼ ounce jig head bounced off the bottom real slow. Hard baits such as a Mirrodine lure or X-rap have been productive. The redfish have also been getting caught in good numbers. Again, live bait fished under a floating cork has worked well. Fish have been caught holding close to structure such as oyster bars and rocks. Also, docks have been holding good numbers of fish. Dead shrimp on a jig head have done well. The biggest redfish caught during this period has been a 28” bruiser. He was caught using a live mud minnow fished under a float rig.

The fishing has been good this past week here in Fernandina Beach/Amelia Island area. We have had lots of speckled trout being caught. There were a few trips with catches of 40 to 60 trout being caught. Several good slot size trout were brought back to the dock. Live shrimp and mud minnows under a floating cork, drifting with the tide has been the ticket. The redfish bite has been getting better with the cooler water temps. Bull reds are biting at the jetties when the winds have been lite. The backwater fishing has been pretty good with several heavy slot redfish being caught. This week saw one that was 26 inches weighing 7.5 pounds. The flounder bite has slowed a little but when you are hooked up it has been a really good one. We had a couple get off right at the boat. Our biggest flounder brought in was 26 inches weighing 7.1 pounds.