February 16, 2012 Meeting Minutes
JOSFC Regular Meeting Minutes February 16, 2012 Meeting Chaired By: President – Danny Del Rio Note taker: Secretary – Patti Kalaitzis Member Present Absent Member Present Absent Danny Del Rio X Larry Hixenbaugh X Paul Gallup X Tom Darga X Carol Hixenbaugh X Alan Shepard X Patti Kalaitzis X Greg Wallace X Will Aitken […]
Clayton’s Holler
Clayton’s Holler was a popular stop for some of the earliest fishermen in the club. It has some good rocky bottom and a shallow ledge heading west from the inshore side. As you can see below, it has been greatly enhanced since those early days and is often overlooked as a prime area for both […]
February 2, 2012 Meeting Minutes
JOSFC Regular Meeting Minutes February 2, 2012 Chaired By: President – Danny Del Rio Note Taker: Secretary – Patti Kalaitzis Member Present Absent Member Present Absent Danny Del Rio X Steve Kalaitzis X Paul Gallup X Tom Darga X Patti Kalaitzis X Alan Shepard X Carol Hixenbaugh X Greg Wallace X Will Aitken X Don […]
East Fourteen & Fifteen
Like the movie The Gladiator, today the Gator Bowl Press box sits upright on the bottom of the sea watching the grouper and snapper doing battle to the death with the sharks and the barracudas. The press box is exactly that, where the press reported during all the football games and sporting events. At that […]
Busey’s Bonanza
B.B. Busey’s Bonanza. 80 degrees from the end of jetties 12.4 miles. This is another area made up of sunken vessels to create fishing which was worth the effort with good results. It was replenished with concrete culverts along with rubble from the Acosta and Buckman bridges to produce a trolling alley, keeping these grounds […]
Capo’s Kids Corner
Capt. Jimmy Capo (pronounced Ka-po) was one of the earliest members of the JOSFC. This newly-permited area for future development was named in honor of Jimmy, a text-book fishing enthusiast. Already at the area and producing good catches is a tug from the Monohan fleet and a considerable drop of concrete rubble, famous for quickly […]
Rabbitt’s Lair
The RL area was named for one of the original members of the JOSFC, Linden Heston. Linden had a 20-foot Thunderbird named the Rapid Rabbit. So it would be only fitting to name this natural bottom reef as the Rabbit’s Lair. Linden was a devoted Club member and dedicated a lifetime of work to help […]
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.
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 […]
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 […]