Amelia Island Fishing Reports

Received a report today that the flounder are staring to show back up at Ft. Clinch, but they're picky eaters. Live finger mullet are what they liked today, biggest one caught today was 20 inches. Also a few small blues being caught on the pier.

The beach is still very slow, but the weeds seem to be almost gone. Water is muddy due to a strong SE wind. The slow summer fishing on the beach is definitly here.

Nassau Sound fishing is starting to pick back up since the dredging is over. Reports of a few whiting, reds, and trout being caught but the catch of the day seems to be sting rays.

The last two weeks have been very slow at the Ft. Clinch pier. Flounder seem to have virtually disappeared, and are very hard to find. Small sharks, catfish, sea robins, and the occasional whiting or bluefish are being caught but not on a regular basis. Large batches of floating weeds on some days make the slow fishing even less fun.

Fisherman in the surf report occasional catches of whiting, a few blues, and lady fish. For the last week the weeds have been very bad at the beach, making it difficult to fish.

The main catch at Ft. Clinch in June was flounder and whiting. Regular summer flounder fisherman are unhappy with the lack of numbers and small size of flounder this year. Whiting have been off and on, and not in large numbers when they were around.

Friend of mine called me on his cell phone from Nassau sound today. He'd been fishing all afternoon, near the bridge, without so much as a bite.

They are dredging mud from the bottom of the ICW (west of the bridge) and pumping it thru an underwater pipe to the south point (east of the bridge). According to the guy in the tackle shop at the bridge, when the dredging started, the fishing stopped; nobody catching fish.

You gotta love this beach replenishment baloney...

Whiting are being caught at the pier at Ft Clinch - average size, and not big numbers, but everyone seem to be catching a few.

The ranger station at Ft. Clinch reports that whiting are biting well on the pier.

There have also been a lot of boats fishing off main beach and the north end of the island this week which indicates the big black drum are here.

Fort Clinch Pier - Sheepshead have been spotty - on one day, off the next. Lots of Sheepshead were caught yesterday, but none caught today, and it's been that way all week. Maybe the drastic weather changes have them confused. Blues were gone today, not one in sight anywhere, but they've been replaced by Whiting and trout. Trout up to 20" were being caught on the pier today, mostly by people who were casting over the south jetty and fishing on the other side. Some nice sized Whiting on both sides today too.

Nassau Sound Bridge - Good catches of Bluefish, Whiting, and trout are being reported by the bait shop at the bridge.

Fort Clinch Pier - Even with the NE wind and the rough water, the small blues are biting great at the pier. I also saw a few trout that were caught today, and some really nice sheepshead, up to 5 lbs. Water is rough but very clear at high tide, which is about when to expect the action. Everybody on the pier was catching fish today. Dress warm; it's chilly out there in the wind.