Repeat guests John Angus and Cpt. David Black brought along friend Jed Litsey for some cool morning backcountry fishing at Amelia Island. There wasn't a cloud in the sky when we left the south end boat ramp at 7:30a this morning and headed up Nassau River to a creek runout - "Leon's Spot". I anchored just west of the runout and the wind and current positioned the boat just off of the runout for these anglers to target. A couple of the guys started out with live shrimp under a float - the tide had been going out for about 2 hours and the oysters were still covered - and they had bites right off, but David began tossing a jig/gulp combo and he had hookups and fish in the boat within minutes. Wow! What a great way to start off a fishin trip! Jed and John switched to the jig and baited them with live shrimp and soon knew they were right at home with the combination. Both had hookups and boated feisty Redfish. John was at the stern of the boat and had a good shot at the largest runout and it seemed to payoff with Seatrout being caught. Then he and David had a "double" hookup with David bringing his hard fighting Redfish to the net, but it took a while for John's fish to be subdued. He was using a Shimano Stradic 1000FH on a 6'6" rod, 10lb Power Pro line and 12lb Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon leader. The fish pulled hard and long, taking John's rig under the boat, up to the bow and back around the stern. Finally, John saw the flash of color and pulled up a nice, powerful Jack Crevalle. All three anglers stayed busy for a couple of hours, catching Redfish, Trout, and Ladyfish. We eventually move on and hit a few spots in Jackstaff with most of them producing a Red or a Trout, although not in the numbers of the first stop. As the wind picked up we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water.
Repeat guests John Angus and Cpt. David Black brought along friend Jed Litsey for some cool morning backcountry fishing at Amelia Island. There wasn't a cloud in the sky when we left the south end boat ramp at 7:30a this morning and headed up Nassau River to a creek runout - "Leon's Spot". I anchored just west of the runout and the wind and current positioned the boat just off of the runout for these anglers to target. A couple of the guys started out with live shrimp under a float - the tide had been going out for about 2 hours and the oysters were still covered - and they had bites right off, but David began tossing a jig/gulp combo and he had hookups and fish in the boat within minutes. Wow! What a great way to start off a fishin trip! Jed and John switched to the jig and baited them with live shrimp and soon knew they were right at home with the combination. Both had hookups and boated feisty Redfish. John was at the stern of the boat and had a good shot at the largest runout and it seemed to payoff with Seatrout being caught. Then he and David had a "double" hookup with David bringing his hard fighting Redfish to the net, but it took a while for John's fish to be subdued. He was using a Shimano Stradic 1000FH on a 6'6" rod, 10lb Power Pro line and 12lb Berkley Vanish Fluorocarbon leader. The fish pulled hard and long, taking John's rig under the boat, up to the bow and back around the stern. Finally, John saw the flash of color and pulled up a nice, powerful Jack Crevalle. All three anglers stayed busy for a couple of hours, catching Redfish, Trout, and Ladyfish. We eventually move on and hit a few spots in Jackstaff with most of them producing a Red or a Trout, although not in the numbers of the first stop. As the wind picked up we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water.
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