Moons over Georgia

I had the pleasure of meeting and fishing with the O'Connell family yesterday afternoon: Pat and Robin, kids Ryan, Quintin, Courtney and Katherine visiting from Connecticut and taking in all the sights and experiences of Amelia Island. We ran to the mouth of Tiger Basin, anchored at a creek mouth and with four lines out it wasn't long before we had bites. Quintin was the first to hook up and had a good fight on his hands with an aggressive Blue fish. Mom grabbed the landing net and with superb teamwork, they landed the fish for a picture. Ryan was on the bow and soon proved to be the expert caster of the family as he dropped his float and bait near the shoreline. Just as I announced that we ought to move, Courtney yelled, "FISH ON" and it was pandemonium for a short while. With coaching coming from all corners of the boat, Courtney fought the fish and brought it to the net, a nice 18" Redfish! We snapped a few pictures and released "Mouthy" to be caught another day. We moved to a few more spots and eventually anchored in what I call "Snook Creek" (I caught a small snook there a few years ago). With the tide going out I expected some trout and we were rewarded when Katherine hooked up and reeled in a beautiful Seatrout, and promptly named it "Fishy". A break was in order so we did a short tour of Cumberland Island's Beach Creek in search of wild horses. Seeing none, a cruise down the coast produced the desired results and we broke out the binoculars to get a better view of a small herd. As the sun began to set and sightings of moons over Georgia, we called it day and headed in, counting it as a great day to be out on the water!