Captain
Bart Smith

Member since May 2020 Fernandina Beach, United States
Background
I have always had a love of the water since I can remember. Seafaring captains run in my family – my father, great grandfather, and great-great-grandfather were all sea captains of various sailing ships. I started out in 8' dings and small sailing prams around my home town of Interlaken New Jersey. Shortly after graduating high school I joined and served 5 years in the US Coast Guard. Fishing has always been a passion from light tackle for Largemouth Bass and Carp to surf fishing for Striped Bass and Bluefish off the beach and jetties of the Jersey Shore. Five years ago I decided to put my passion into a career and got my Captain's license and started guiding part-time around the beautiful Amelia Island.
Techniques
I prefer light to heavy tackle with live shrimp and mud minnows. I do a lot of blue crabs and cut bait in and around the Saint Mary's jetties for large Bull Reds. I also do quite a bit inshore with slip floats and drifting live bait over oyster beds. The Amelia Island area is so diverse we could be inshore and offshore within minutes depending on the weather, tides, and fish bite.

Hey, I'm Captain Bart Smith

Fernandina Beach, Verenigde Staten
Background
I have always had a love of the water since I can remember. Seafaring captains run in my family – my father, great grandfather, and great-great-grandfather were all sea captains of various sailing ships. I started out in 8' dings and small sailing prams around my home town of Interlaken New Jersey. Shortly after graduating high school I joined and served 5 years in the US Coast Guard. Fishing has always been a passion from light tackle for Largemouth Bass and Carp to surf fishing for Striped Bass and Bluefish off the beach and jetties of the Jersey Shore. Five years ago I decided to put my passion into a career and got my Captain's license and started guiding part-time around the beautiful Amelia Island.
Techniques
I prefer light to heavy tackle with live shrimp and mud minnows. I do a lot of blue crabs and cut bait in and around the Saint Mary's jetties for large Bull Reds. I also do quite a bit inshore with slip floats and drifting live bait over oyster beds. The Amelia Island area is so diverse we could be inshore and offshore within minutes depending on the weather, tides, and fish bite.
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Thank you captain Bart

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (AM) op Juli 28, 2024
He is amazing from start to finish. We had a great time and will book with him again. He kept us going to spots to catch different...
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GECONTROLEERD   Special 4 hours trip for Nichole Dejardine op Maart 19, 2023
My family enjoyed the trip very much.ย  Caught lots of fish.ย  We brought our filets to the salty pelican after where they...
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Great Day!

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (AM) op September 21, 2024
We went out for my sonโ€™s Birthday while on vacation and we had a great time. Our captain was awesome, so knowledgable and...
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Our Fishing Trip Was A Blast

GECONTROLEERD   Half Day Trip (PM) op Juni 17, 2023
Lots of fun!ย  Capt Bart was patient and do attentive. We arenโ€™t experts at all but he made us feel like we were. He filleted...
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Absolutely The Best!

GECONTROLEERD   Evening Fishing Trip op April 3, 2022
This was hands down the most fun Iโ€™ve ever had fishing. Everything was so smooth from the bery beginning - responsive, accommodating,...
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