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The JOSFC Mission

Chris Bernacki Helping a Junior Angler with his Kingfish

  The Jacksonville Offshore Sport Fishing Club is a sporting association started in 1959 as a group of local fisherman committed to making offshore fishing in the Jacksonville area more exciting, reliable, safe and beneficial. The JOSFC is the pioneer in Artificial Reef Building and Maintenance in the state of Florida. The program began practically […]

Countdown to El Cheapo

    0n behalf of the Jacksonville Offshore Sport Fishing Club, welcome to the 16th annual “El Cheapo” Sheepshead Tournament!      You only have:  Style Size . Colors Text Background Reflective Transparent            to register to enter this great Family Fun Tournament! It is ONLY $80.00 / Boat until February 13th, then it goes to $100.00 […]

Past El Cheapo Champions

Here are the past winners of the El Cheapo Sheepshead Tournament. Year –      Name –                    Sheepshead Weight Pounds 2001 –        Mark Collins –              8.3 2002 –        Tom Meyer –               11.0 2003 –        Jerry Alvarez –            11.1 2004 –        Jim Thomas –              11.0 2005 –        Jim Thomas –              12.7 2006 –        Tyler Patterson –         10.5 2007 –        Tim […]

2013 El Cheapo Photos

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    For all the photos of this great fun day, go to Facebook and look for El Cheapo Tournament and look at the Albums!      This is Larry (Fish Man ) Finch with a Sheepshead with crooked stripes!                       Check out all the photos […]

Join The R.F.A.

The Recreational Fishing Alliance is the organization that is fighting the SAMFC in the courts, for all of us! They need every member and penny they can raise to fight this battle. If you fish, you should be a member of the R.F.A. It is that simple. They need YOU!  Don’t depend on the other […]

2011 El Cheapo!

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On behalf of the Jacksonville Offshore Sport Fishing Club, welcome to the 11th annual “El Cheapo” Sheepshead Tournament! The Tournament will be held at the Mike Scanlan Boat Ramp at Mayport, FL, on Saturday, February 26.  You can register by downloading the printable application (SEE LINK BELOW). You can also register at any J.O.S.F.C. meeting […]

Lightning

LIghtning

I learned long ago from an old successful salesman that the first thing one had to do in a prospective sales presentation was to get the customers undivided attention. So, in an effort to get your undivided attention, I will cite some of the very grim boating fatality statistics from the Florida Marine Police. For […]

Casablanca

The “Casablanca” is a 365′ LST that was sunk in 1972. The intent was to make this drop in the BR area, but bad weather, combined with a trapped air pocket inside the vessel made the drop go awry. It floated over four miles almost due south before finally sinking and remained “lost” for years […]