Clear skies, no wind and a livewell full of shrimp, what else is there to do but go fishing?! William Pleasant and his family were in town, visiting from North Carolina, so he and his two sons, Ben and Alex, took in a Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip. We left the South end boat ramp at 7am and headed up the Amelia River to Jackstaff to begin fishing our jig/shrimp combo during the last of the outgoing tide. It wasn't long before we had hookups, catching feisty Redfish and Croaker, not very big, but fun to catch.
Then Ben had a rod-bending hookup and the fish took him deep, then around the stern of the boat, but Ben played him beautifully and soon brought to the net a slot-sized 20" 4lb Redfish! We continued trolling the bank and soon Alex's line took off with a zing and we all guessed "shark", but we were wrong.
The fish ran like a shark at first but then hunkered down like a Redfish, but never rolled. Alex went around the boat a couple of times then finally worked the fish to the surface, a 22" Jack Crevalle! We ended up catching more Jacks, Reds, some Puppy Drum, a Ladyfish, a few small Bonnethead Shark, Trout, then Ben dangled his hook over the side to a circling 4' Bonnethead and soon the fight was on! The shark pulled the drag but Ben worked 'em in and we soon were getting pictures of the beast.
We moved around to Nassau Sound, caught a few more Redfish and Jacks, then Ben and his dad, William added a couple of keeper sized Flounder and Alex picked up another Drum. We were still getting bites when we ran out of shrimp, but the sun was high overhead so we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water!
Then Ben had a rod-bending hookup and the fish took him deep, then around the stern of the boat, but Ben played him beautifully and soon brought to the net a slot-sized 20" 4lb Redfish! We continued trolling the bank and soon Alex's line took off with a zing and we all guessed "shark", but we were wrong.
The fish ran like a shark at first but then hunkered down like a Redfish, but never rolled. Alex went around the boat a couple of times then finally worked the fish to the surface, a 22" Jack Crevalle! We ended up catching more Jacks, Reds, some Puppy Drum, a Ladyfish, a few small Bonnethead Shark, Trout, then Ben dangled his hook over the side to a circling 4' Bonnethead and soon the fight was on! The shark pulled the drag but Ben worked 'em in and we soon were getting pictures of the beast.
We moved around to Nassau Sound, caught a few more Redfish and Jacks, then Ben and his dad, William added a couple of keeper sized Flounder and Alex picked up another Drum. We were still getting bites when we ran out of shrimp, but the sun was high overhead so we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water!
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