Today was a beautiful morning with just a slight breeze and very few clouds in the sky. I met Thomas and Cindy Hinote down at the Fernandina Beach Harbor Marina along with their two sons Bennett and Aiden. We left the marina at 7am and headed up to Jolley River to fish the very first of an incoming tide with a bait well full of mud minnows. After gettting warmed up we began to troll against the current, with the anglers tossing their baits to the exposed oyster beds. Thomas got the hang of it early and began to catch a few hungry Seatrout and picked up a couple of feisty Redfish. Bennett got in on the action and reeled in a couple of the Redfish too, with Cindy snapping pictures as the day progressed. 5 year old Aiden eventually was promoted to Main Bait Guy and also took on the duties as Net Man and did a great job at both tasks. Thomas hooked up with a couple of high flying Ladyfish and eventually hung with one large one enough to get it to the net. He also reeled in a Flounder to round out his personal Amelia Island Back Country Slam. We fished behind Tiger Island with no real bites then moved outside to fish the flooding oyster beds. Here, Bennett caught a hard fighting Blue and Thomas added a couple of Grey Snapper. At our last stop the fish were in a feeding frenzy and the anglers added more Trout, Ladyfish, and Jacks. Throughout the day they also had a few Croaker. That adds up to at least 8 different species for a well rounded fishing trip! We headed in counting it as a great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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