Haddock’s Hideaway
50 degrees from the St. Johns River jetties at 15.8 miles. Large hole with crescent shaped ledge. runs Southeast to Northwest, coral and rock bottom. Good bottom for snapper, grouper and sea bass.
2011 Unlimited Trolling Tournament
The Unlimited Trolling Tournament is now in the bag. We had 11 boats enter with 8 boats weighing in fish. For Captain of the year points the top three are: Tom Meyer is the big winner taking First place with a Sailfish, Blackfin Tuna and a Dolphin, totaling 73.7 Pounds! Chris Rooney captured Second place […]
Bunny’s Web
Just six miles off the coast between Jacksonville and St. Augustine is one of the most innovative and ambitious reef building projects in the long history of the artificial reef development of the First Coast area. 500 reef balls, varying from the size of a basketball to the size of a sedan were deployed in […]
Jr. Angler Easter Egg Hunt
The Club’s first Junior Angler Easter Egg Hunt was a big success! On April 17th JOSFC held its first Easter Egg Hunt. Even though the weather was wet and cold it could not put a damper on the enthusiasm that they Jr. Anglers had. Cassie, Monica and others put over 200 eggs […]
2011 Non-Live Tournament
The Captain of the Year Race is off to a good start this year with two of our nine club tournaments done. The Non-Live Tournament went off on Saturday, April 23rd with 9 boats participating in spite of the bumpy water. The Winner was Capt. Greg Wallace with an impressive 52.3 pound 3 fish total […]
Jax Beach Wreck and the SS Gulf America
It’s 10:00 p.m. The German submarine, U-Boat 123, surfaces to periscope height. It has been stalking the American tanker, S.S. Gulf America, for hours and she is now fully silhouetted against the bright lights of Jacksonville Beach. 10:15 p.m. U-Boat 123 turns port to westerly heading. A torpedo has been armed and loaded. Commander Reinhart […]
600 Pound Marlin!
I understand that Bill Wilderotter Caught his “Fish of a Lifetime!” He was on the rod on 5 / 24 / 11 in the Bahamas with several other JOSFC members, when they hooked a 13+ foot approximately 600 Pound Blue Marlin! He said the battle lasted for just over an hour. Now […]
Jax Beach Wreck
Just nine miles off the coast of Jacksonville Beach, some fifty feet below the ocean surface, lie the remains of a commercial tanker named the SS Gulf America. The date is April 10, 1942. It is a Friday evening and the old Jacksonville Beach Pier is filled with people partying and dancing to the music […]
Happy Thanksgiving
Thursday, November 21st is the JOSFC’s Annual Thanksgiving Pot-Luck Dinner / Meeting! The Club will be providing Baked Turkey, Fried Turkey and Baked Ham as the Main dishes, and YOU get to bring the side dishes and dissert. This is a great party to come to and share fishing lies OOPS I mean stories […]
Pablo Grounds
P.G. Pablo Ground. 111 degree from end of jetties, 9.9 miles. Quick changes in depth, 56 to 78 feet and good live bottom makes this area good for all striking fish during summer months, halfway between 9 mile reef and J.W. It is in the middle of sailfish alley, also good bottom fishing.