Fishing With Captain Buddy Price

Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

Fishing with

Captain

Buddy Price

24 BETTER OFF WET | AUGUST 2022

Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

Captain Buddy Price was nice enough to invite Better Off Wet out for a day of inshore fishing in Jacksonville. Captain Buddy keeps his boat at Clapboard Creek Fish Camp Marine, at 6233 Heckscher Dr, Jacksonville, FL 32226. There is plenty of parking at Clapboard Creek Fish Camp Marine, so it should be an easy in and onto the boat for you, if you decide to go fishing with Capt. Buddy. Capt. Buddy does fishing Charters on Sundays and Tuesdays. Capt. Buddy is also a full time car dealer, who has been in the car business, since the mid nineties. So, if you are in need of a new ride, he can handle that for you, as well as put you on some good fishing!

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Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

We met Captain Buddy around 6:30 on a beautiful Tuesday morning. The days had been super hot in the weeks leading up to our trip with Capt. Buddy, but the cloud cover and breeze this day seemed to shave 20 degrees off the temperature. Capt. Buddy is a funny and light hearted fishing Captain. From the time we met throughout our entire day, we had a blast talking, joking, and laughing while we caught fish. Capt. Buddy’s passion for fishing is easy to see.

26 BETTER OFF WET | AUGUST 2022

Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

First things first, we needed to get some bait, which Capt. Buddy put us right on the bait. After just a few minutes, we were off to try and catch some fish. We caught some nice sized Mangrove Snapper at the onset of our trip, just after daylight, around some structure Capt. Buddy was very familiar with. We had a slow start, like many days fishing, and then the Mangrove Snapper bite decided to turn on! We were thinking about recipes and licking our lips as the keeper Mangroves came on board!

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Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

28 BETTER OFF WET | AUGUST 2022

Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

After the Snapper bite turned off, Capt. Buddy took us to a couple Flounder spots which worked out well. We caught some keeper Flounder as well as some Jack Crevelle, which we tossed back. Flounder are a ton of fun to catch on hook and line. We were using knocker rigs and small circle hooks, with the Mud Minnows we caught earlier in the morning. Captain Buddy told us to try waiting for the third nibble, then the Flounder would eat the bait, and then the hook sets were more frequent, with less bait lost. The tide was starting to come back in, so Capt. Buddy pointed us towards some Oyster bars, where we hoped to get some Redfish.

“

Flounder

are a ton of fun to catch on hook and line.”

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Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

30 BETTER OFF WET | AUGUST 2022

Fishing with Captain Buddy Price

We were able to dodge a couple showers from what seemed to be a handful of storms and made it to our destination, with no issues. We could just see the tops of the Oyster beds, when we rolled up, then we saw the Redfish. Capt. Buddy had us right on the desired species of fish again! Wow, we absolutely love catching Redfish and Capt. Buddy had us catching them all shapes and sizes. After were had our limit on the Reds, we decided to head back to the dock and clean some fish. What a great day the Better Off Wet Crew had, out on the water, with Captain Buddy! Many thanks to you again Capt. Buddy! The fishing was great and the fish were delicious! Please, reach out to buddy at 904- 451-8531, to schedule your day of fishing. Check his Instagram out too; he has a lot of good photos. @ lifechangingcharters

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