I got to fish again with Mike and Shannon Maron today and this time they brought along two of their kids, Libby and Troy. We met at the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp and headed up to Lanceford Creek with some cloudy skies on the last of an outgoing tide. As we were running up the river we got sprinkled on but when it quit I thought we'd be OK, but as we got anchored and started fishing, the rain started coming down. I thought, "well darn", but then Libby caught at hungry Snapper on her first cast then Mike hooked up to something big and FISH ON! The rain was coming down and was drenching us all but Mike played the fish to the boat and we had a nice Slot Red with his 2nd cast! We got all of the rods into the water and it wasn't long before Shannon hooked up - the rod bent and the drag ripped out, FISH ON! And then Troy yelled, "I got a fish" and we had a double going. We landed Troy's Slot Red first then netted Shannon's for a double picture! The rain continued for a while and after it quit we noticed the mud was flushing into our fishing hole and seemed to turn off the bite. But Libby persevered out deep and hooked up with a couple of nice Seatrout, one of them well over keeper size. We made run up to Jolley River as the tide turned and started back in and began to fish an oyster lined bank. After fishing no more than a few minutes Mike had strong hookup and his fish took off. We had to chase this fish with the rolling motor and even wondered if it was a shark but it just bulled down deep. Mike played it perfectly and after a long battle he landed a 28 3/4" Redfish, putting him in second place in The Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament for 2012. We snapped some pictures then gently released the fish, making sure it swam away to be caught another day. We continued to fish the bank and the anglers landed a few more feisty Redfish, hungry Seatrout, Snapper and Croaker. Libby tried out a float rig and was quickly rewarded when her float disappeared and FISH ON! This one acted like a Shark for sure and made a long run headed for deep water. Libby patiently worked the fish in and from one side of the boat to the other and after an extended battle, landed a 3 1/2' Bonnethead Shark. Boy what a fight! We stayed in the area and the anglers added more Trout (one a keeper size) and Mike rounded out the Amelia Island Back Country Slam by pulling in two nice, keeper sized Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great, albeit wet one on Amelia Island waters!
I got to fish again with Mike and Shannon Maron today and this time they brought along two of their kids, Libby and Troy. We met at the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp and headed up to Lanceford Creek with some cloudy skies on the last of an outgoing tide. As we were running up the river we got sprinkled on but when it quit I thought we'd be OK, but as we got anchored and started fishing, the rain started coming down. I thought, "well darn", but then Libby caught at hungry Snapper on her first cast then Mike hooked up to something big and FISH ON! The rain was coming down and was drenching us all but Mike played the fish to the boat and we had a nice Slot Red with his 2nd cast! We got all of the rods into the water and it wasn't long before Shannon hooked up - the rod bent and the drag ripped out, FISH ON! And then Troy yelled, "I got a fish" and we had a double going. We landed Troy's Slot Red first then netted Shannon's for a double picture! The rain continued for a while and after it quit we noticed the mud was flushing into our fishing hole and seemed to turn off the bite. But Libby persevered out deep and hooked up with a couple of nice Seatrout, one of them well over keeper size. We made run up to Jolley River as the tide turned and started back in and began to fish an oyster lined bank. After fishing no more than a few minutes Mike had strong hookup and his fish took off. We had to chase this fish with the rolling motor and even wondered if it was a shark but it just bulled down deep. Mike played it perfectly and after a long battle he landed a 28 3/4" Redfish, putting him in second place in The Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament for 2012. We snapped some pictures then gently released the fish, making sure it swam away to be caught another day. We continued to fish the bank and the anglers landed a few more feisty Redfish, hungry Seatrout, Snapper and Croaker. Libby tried out a float rig and was quickly rewarded when her float disappeared and FISH ON! This one acted like a Shark for sure and made a long run headed for deep water. Libby patiently worked the fish in and from one side of the boat to the other and after an extended battle, landed a 3 1/2' Bonnethead Shark. Boy what a fight! We stayed in the area and the anglers added more Trout (one a keeper size) and Mike rounded out the Amelia Island Back Country Slam by pulling in two nice, keeper sized Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great, albeit wet one on Amelia Island waters!
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