Amelia Island Fishing Reports (January 2025)

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Fishing reports straight from our guides in Amelia Island

David Hagins
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Reported: 2 days ago

Black Sea Bass have moved in to the closer nearshore ledges and reefs. All of this fishing is done inside of 25mi so no need to stay all day as the 6hr trip is perfect. They're very delicious to eat and you'll have plenty of bycatch between gag groupers, red...

David Hagins Fernandina Beach, Florida Reported: 2 days ago

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James Walker
St. Marys, Georgia
Reported: 1 month ago

Here's Sunday's trip

James Walker St. Marys, Georgia Reported: 1 month ago

Here's Sunday's trip

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Frank Cole
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Speckled Trout and Redfish have been really good over the last few weeks. The drop in water temperature has turned them on. Live shrimp under float rigs and artificials are both effective.

Frank Cole Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Speckled Trout and Redfish have been really good over the last few weeks. The drop in water temperature has turned them on. Live shrimp under float rigs and artificials are both effective.

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Brian Soucy
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Brian Soucy Fernandina Beach, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Speckled Trout Fishing Heating Up These past few days on the water has been awsome. The water has cooled down some and the trout are biting. The trips have been getting numbers of 30 and 40 speckled trout with plenty of keepers for the dinner table. Rigging the rods with 10 pound Fins braided line with a slip cork, 20 pound floracarbon leader and a Eagleclaw 1/0 circle sea hook with a live shrimp has been great. The bite has been good on artificial baits too using the Bass Assasson Sea Shad in the lighter colors. There also have been some nice redfish being caught in the mix. Finding the structure such as oyster beds and pilons have been the ticket to getting on these fish

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Austin Nikkola
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Happy Thanksgiving

Austin Nikkola Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Happy Thanksgiving

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Bill Perkins
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

The offshore bite has been good when the weather allows us to get out. The inshore bite has been on fire aswell. Book you trip now!

Bill Perkins Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

The offshore bite has been good when the weather allows us to get out. The inshore bite has been on fire aswell. Book you trip now!

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Frank Cole
Jacksonville, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Frank Cole Jacksonville, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

While the weather is cooling down, the fishing is heating up. Speckled trout fishing is really good with lots of slot fish being caught on float rigs and artificial. Sheepshead have been good but small. Better fish being caught over the last week. Sharks are a problem taking quite a few fish during the fight. Some reds being caught, many undersized and others too big. The temperature change should fire everything up. Let's go fishing!

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Kenneth Stewart
Fernandina Beach, Florida
Reported: 1 month ago

Bull reds and drum great jetty fishing

Kenneth Stewart Fernandina Beach, Florida Reported: 1 month ago

Bull reds and drum great jetty fishing

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★★★★★
Austin was fantastic! We had a great trip and caught them up. He was so good with my son and taught him some great tricks to help catch the big ones.
Ryan H. | November 17, 2024

Trip: 3/4 day Adventure 6hrs AM
★★★★★
Such a great experience! The captain had a great attitude and was really fun. The weather was a little off and very windy, but he still made everything fun. I appreciated his knowledge of the waterways and taking us through some different parts of the inshore areas. It was fun to see the shoreline from the water and we even hooked a few fish despite the weather. The whole group had a fantastic experience and I will be booking with Captain Bill again!
Kathleen K. | October 28, 2024

Trip: Jacksonville Inshore Fishing
★★★★★
Great fishing trip. Very friendly and knowledgeable captain that put us on the fish. The kids had a great time!
David F. | October 13, 2024

Trip: The Awesome Island Experience!
★★★★★
Our trip with Capt Bill was OUTSTANDING! Great boat, great teacher—my grandson learned an amazing amount about how to catch fish. I would strongly recommend Capt Bill to anyone who wants to have great fun, learn a lot, and catch great fish!!!
John K. | July 27, 2024

Trip: Jacksonville nearshore/ Offshore
★★★★★
Austin was fantastic! I would highly recommend him to anyone looking to get on the fish. Very professional and personable. All around good dude.
David D. | June 2, 2024

Trip: Full Day Adventure 8hrs AM
★★★★★
Our family had a great time with Captain Scott! His first mate Jimmy was so enthusiastic and really wanted to help us all catch big fish. My young adult kids rated the experience an 11 out of 10. Overall we caught 4 King Mackerals (and a few sharks that we threw back). Scott recommended a local restaurant (The Salty Pelican) that would prepare our catch, so we enjoyed a delicious lunch after our morning on the boat.
Jill B. | May 30, 2024

Trip: Nearshore and Jetties
★★★★★
Bill was a great guy very knowledgeable and a pleasant to be around
Matthew S. | March 18, 2024

Trip: Jacksonville Inshore Fishing
★★★★★
Our Captin qas so amazing. He was patient with our kids. Everytime we dropped a line we had a fish!
Jessica L. | December 29, 2023

Trip: 1/2 Day Offshore Adventure
★★★★★
Great trip. Frank is awesome. Boat was spacious and adequate. Asked for sheepshead, left with nine. Great job.
Rod J. | October 17, 2023

Trip: Half Day Jetty Trip
★★★★★
A Legit Professional and a Great guy . We had the time of our lives out there with Chris We plan on coming back in the spring for another round !!! I absolutley reccomend Adam Kuhn Clover SC
Adam K. | October 3, 2023

Trip: Full or Extended Day - 25’ SeaCat

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