Constant Bite

David and Whitney Nofsinger treated their two young angler sons, Harper and Willis, to an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this morning.  We headed up to Jolley River on the first of an incoming tide loaded down with a bait well of live shrimp.  I dropped the trolling motor along an oyster lined bank and we began to inch along, casting jigs and shrimp to the exposed oysters.  From the first cast the young anglers were getting bites, hooking up often and keeping their parents and I busy getting them re-baited and back in the water.  They caught small, but hungry Trout, feisty Redfish, and Croaker's and were getting their casting down when Willis had a strong bite, his drag ripped out, and FISH ON! When he yelled "DAD!",  David pitched in to help hold the rod and when we realized that the fish was BIG, David took over and began an epic battle, fighting the fish from bow to stern with the fish making some strong runs in between.  Eventually he subdued the beast and we finally netted an oversized 28 1/2" slot Redfish!  Wow, what a fish!  This put the duo into First place in The Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament -Redfish Category. We continued fishing the bank, had a few strong hookups and breakoffs,  continued to pick up small Trout and small, but fiesty Redfish, then we made run to the outside of Tiger Island where the anglers continued there catching ways.  Harper caught the largest Seatrout, a keeper sized one and both he and Willis added Ladyfish to their catch.  The sun was up and hot so we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!