Beautiful Weather and a "Slam"

Patton Kline was visiting the Island for a business trip and decided to squeeze in some fishing before his meetings started. We left the South end boat ramp at 7:30 this morning with very little wind and a nice cloud cover. Our first stop was the bridges at Sawpit Creek and even though Patton had a few hits at his red head jig and sparkle grub there were no real takers so we headed up to Jackstaff to take advantage of the incoming tide. We had trolled the bank for less than 50 yards with Patton pitching a jig/shrimp offering to the bank, bumping it back, and UMPH, FISH ON! Patton commented that the fish hit aggressively, then it hunkered down and put up a strong fight. The 10lb FINNS Windtamer braid held up as usual and Patton worked the 20" 3lb Redfish to the boat and the waiting net. We snapped a few pictures and then released it to the river. We eventually moved on to Broward Island and although the tide, wind, and time of day were almost perfect, we had no real bites. Coming back to Bubblegum Reef, we were soon anchored and it wasn't long before we were getting hits on the jig/shrimp combo and then Patton hooked up with a Seatrout. He found a "honey hole" at the bow of the boat and caught a few more Trout, a few Bluefish, and even had a Sheepshead chase the bait to the boat. We moved down the river, anchored and Patton completed his "Slam" with a stealthy Flounder that took a live shrimp under a float. We headed in around noon, counting it as another great day to be out on the water!