Daily Fishing Report
May 12, 2013

Photo Pictured from left to right Ron Ratliff, Leery Jenkins and Jim Rice teamed up for this 40-lb red Ron Ratliff caught and released with 10-pound tackle fishing with Captain Terry Lacoss! The McGills from NY recently watched the Florida Sportsman TV featuring Captain Terry Lacoss and Amelia Island redfish. The McGills booked a vacation at Amelia Island and fished aboard the Amelia Angler landing some 40-fish!The month of March finds ultra clear water conditions where excellent redfish and sea trout action is taking place. The Florida Wildlife Commission has increased the redfish bag limi from one to two redfish per day, per angler. The size limit remains the same, not less than 18-inches and not more than 27-inches in length. The FWC has also increased the daily bag limit of sea trout to six spotted sea trout.

Deep water game fish are on the move with an excellent dolphin, kingfish and wahoo bite taking place in water depths from 100- 200 feet of water. A pair of 80-pound wahoo were recently taken while trolling Islander lures rigged with large ballyhoo. Dolphin and black fin tuna are running as well.

Warming water temperatures are producing excellent spring fishing action at the inlets for cobia, blues, whiting, bull reds, sheepshead, flounder, sharks and black drum weighing from 10 - 80 pounds.

Backwater Bays & Tidal Rivers: Amelia Island sea trout and red fishing just doesn't get any better during the spring fishing season! Fishing parties are hooking up to limit catches of excellent eating and hard fighting redfish, sea trout, flounder, jack crevalle, bluefish and a variety of shallow water sharks within eyesight of the Fernandina Harbor Marina. Warming water temperatures along with an abundant supply of bait fish including mullet, shrimp and blue crabs are key. Some of the more productive redfish and sea trout lures include gold spoons, in-line spinners, surface chuggers and fishing with Berkley Gulp shrimp fished dead in the school of reds and retrieved slowly on the bottom is key. Flounder, redfish and sea trout are taking live shrimp drifted under a "Popping Float".


Offshore: Look for excellent bottom fishing action to come from the FA "Live Bottom" which is located just 9-miles southeast of the St. Mary's inlet. Drift fishing action in water depths from 60-100 feet of water is producing catches of gag grouper, red snapper, amberjack, flounder, black sea bass, sheepshead, reef sharks, cobia,trigerfish, gag grouper and red snapper.


Surf: Beach fishing is producing catches of whiting, blues, puppy drum, redfish and spotted sea trout during the last of the incoming and the first few hours of the falling tides. Fish on the bottom with ultra fresh shrimp. Casting a 1/4 ounce led head jig rigged with a 2-inch molten colored Berkley Gulp shrimp is also working well for a variety of surf species. The 52-M Mirror Lure is an excellent choice when casting to sea trout and blues that are schooling in the surf.

New Location!

Our new store location is 111 Centre St. Fernandina Beach, Florida. Just a half a block from the marina. We now carry a full line of backwater redfish and sea trout tackle including those hard to find topwater plugs. Also fly fishing gear including Umpqua, Redington, Sage, Rio and more. A fishing school is also on the calender with classes on backwater spin, fly and casting, techniques, live and dead bait fishing, topwater fishing and how to beat the tides!
We also will do our best to pair you up for a deep sea, or backwater fishing trip if you are a single, or small group.
For more fishing information, call the Amelia Angler: (904)261-2870. Cell (904) 753-3776
Terry Lacoss/Amelia Angler