Big Red and Bigger Red

I fished with the Holloway family Tuesday morning, Sam and Keri, with their son Jack and daughter Caroline. Along on the trip was their friend Robert and his son Will. We left the South end ramp at 7:30am with not a cloud in the sky and only a slight breeze, just enough to keep the gnats off, and headed up Nassau River, stopping at "Bubblegum Reef", and anchoring. It wasn't long before Robert had hooked up with a hard fighting Blue, then Sam caught the bait-stealing thief, a Sheepshead. Jack joined in with a Stingray. We fished the docks at Seymore's Pointe where Keri picked up a nice Blue, then headed up river to Broward Island, hitting it just when the tide hit it's bottom. I started trolling the bank from the Southend and then anchored at a likely spot. Robert was casting Will's bottom rig up near the bank with a live shrimp as bait and as the tide started coming back in, Will hollered, "FISH" and he and Robert had a battle on their hands! They played the fish expertly and fought the fish to the boat, a 24" 5 1/2lb Redfish! Pictures were taken and the Red was released to be caught another day. We anchored at another likely spot and in a short while Sam hooked up on something big with a live shrimp under a float. The whole crew came alive as everyone realized that this fish was BIG. All eyes were peeled to catch a glimpse of the fish and Sam worked it patiently, bringing the fish to the waiting net that Robert manned, a 28", 7 3/4lb Redfish! We called it a day after that, noting that it was another great day to be out on the water!