Girls Braggin Rights

I had the opportunity to fish this morning with Mike Presley, his two daughters Meg and Sara Cate, and Mike's niece Becky. We left the South End dock promptly at 7am and headed straight for Jackstaff to fish the very last of an outgoing tide. There was only a slight breeze when we anchored at a runout and it wasn't long before the girls began to catch fish. Meg started it off by catching a Croaker then things started getting wild with Meg picking up a feisty Redfish then Sara caught a Trout. We all thought Becky might be getting left out of the "catching" but then she hooked up with something BIG and it wasn't running out drag like a shark. She fought the fish from stern to bow to stern, around the engine and then settle in for a tug-of-war, one that she eventually won by bringing to the boat an over sized, out of the slot
28" 7lb Redfish. Wow what a fish! The girls caught fish after fish after fish, bringing in more Reds and more Trout. Both Meg and Sara joined in by catching slot-sized Redfish; Sara and Becky both boated Black Drum while Becky picked up a ferocious Jack. Sara and Meg caught some small Bonnetheads, and they all hooked up with Croaker. With Redfish, Trout, and Black Drum in the boat you could pretty much argue the case for an "Amelia Island Slam", but the girls meant to make sure of it when Becky hooked up and caught a keeper sized Flounder! They returned to the dock with fish count of (14-15) Reds, (2) Trout, (4) Drum, (2) Jack, (1) Flounder,(4) Croaker, and (2) Shark and "2010 Braggin Rights"! What a great day to be out on the water!