Deep-sea fishermen won't have to travel far from the Fernandina Harbor Marina to enjoy some of Florida's best blue water fishing. Numerous fish havens can be found from 8-20 miles offshore of Amelia Island and can be chartered for a half-day or full day trip. Here, a variety of manmade and natural reefs attract a variety of striking fish.
Some of the best trolling action begins in early March when large schools of cobia, spanish mackerel, king mackerel, black fin tuna and bonito migrate into offshore waters.
By summer, blue water fishermen can expect to catch sailfish, cobia, kingfish, wahoo, amberjack, barracuda, cobia and more!
The fall fishing season also offers superb blue water trolling action for kingfish, barracuda, bonito, cobia and amberjack.
The majority of our charter boats live bait troll with live cigar minnows, spanish sardines, menhaden, mullet and blue runners, rigged to twenty-thirty pound trolling tackle. This style of blue water trolling provides the angler with awesome surface strikes, sometimes only a few yards off from the transom or the trolling boat!