Flurry of Fish Catch'n

Callie and Keith Oswald were visiting Amelia Island on business, but took the time to get their young sons out on the water by scheduling a back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday afternoon.  We headed north out of the Fernandina Beach City marina and with the tide high and just starting out, found a grass patch to fish some live mud minnows dangled under a float rig.  The wind had kicked up for some reason and made it very difficult to cast, so we moved around to Manatee Creek and tried the same.  Although we had a few nibbles, there were no takers, so we headed up to Jolley River.  The current was really flowing now and with the wind gusting, the anglers had a tough time, but they persevered!  Callie got things rolling by picking up a couple of Rays, then she had a good bite and reeled in a Flounder.  This must have opened the doors because all of the anglers began to catch fish.  Both Carter and Landon caught Trout and a whole bunch of Blue Crabs!   If we had wanted to have a Crab boil, we'd have a had enough!  The anglers added more Trout and a few feisty Redfish to round out an Amelia Island Backwater Slam!  The sun was headed down so we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!