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 […]
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.
Paul Mains Reef
Paul G. Mains Reef was built in 1967 with approximately 300 tons of concrete culvert pipe 2 1/2 feet to 6 feet in diameter plus 200 old automobile bodies. As new volunteers like Bob Engel, Ed Kalakauskis, and Royal Van Horn became the club’s “Reef Experts”, their efforts were bolstered by the club’s first $25,000 […]
Nine Mile Reef
The general geographic location was probably responsible for the naming of the Nine Mile area. Some of the earlier JOSFC charts give the distance and bearing from the Sea Buoy, rather than the Jetties as the more recent charts show. The old 1971 chart shows the Nine Mile area located eight miles from the Sea […]
Montgomery’s Reef
M.R. Montgomery’s Reef. 70 degrees from end of jetties, 8.5 miles. This natural depression in the ocean floor has the greatest depth of water in a 9 mile area from the St. Johns River, 76 to 78 ft. In the northern part of the area lies a ledge or reef 3 to 4 feet in […]
May 5, 2011 Minutes
JOSFC Reular Meeting Minutes – May 5, 2011 Meeting chaired by: President – Don CookNote Taker: Secretary – Alison Thornton Board Member Present Absent Board Member Present Absent Don Cook X Paul Gallup X Danny Del Rio X AJ Proescher X Alison Thornton X Greg Wallace X Tina Proescher X Alan Shepard X Larry Hixenbaugh […]
May 19, 2011 Minutes
JOSFC Reular Meeting Minutes – May 19, 2011 Meeting chaired by: President – Don CookNote Taker: Secretary – Alison Thornton Board Member Present Absent Board Member Present Absent Don Cook X Paul Gallup X Danny Del Rio X AJ Proescher X Alison Thornton X Greg Wallace X Tina Proescher X Alan Shepard X Larry Hixenbaugh […]