Anglers Terri Rumler and Bobby Carty were visiting Amelia Island for their annual "get away from it all" and took in a backcountry fishing trip with me. The weather was beautiful with a high of 80, a slight breeze, and only a cloud or two in the sky. We headed up to the Jolley River and reached our first spot to fish the exposed oyster banks. The tide had been coming in for about an hour. Terri and Bobby were tossing 1/4oz jigs with live shrimp and it wasn't long before both were catching fish! Zip Ziiiiip Zip, the drags would go, another Redfish had attacked the bait and the anglers worked them to the boat. Fishing and catching was fast a furious for an hour or two. Bobby switched to Gulp baits and we soon found out that it didn't matter what color or style he used, the fish were biting anything that was tossed out. In addition to Redfish, they caught Seatrout, Croaker, Snapper, and a small Puppy Drum. Fish on! Fish on!, we had a "double" and I was running back and forth to net each Redfish as we trolled the bank. Eventually we moved on, coming back around to the mouth of Tiger Island, anchoring, and more fish were caught. The bite slowed so we made one more stop at the eastern side of Tiger where we had a few bites and Terri found a couple of more Redfish. With those in the boat, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on the water!
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