Reds and Snapper

Jerry and Cindy Huebner were visiting Amelia Island with their two young adults, Nate and Laura, and took in a back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this morning.  We had clear skies and almost no wind as we headed up to the Tiger Island area to fish the outgoing tide.  Although the anglers had some good bites on their live shrimp and mud minnows under float rigs, we had no fish!  We headed up to the Jolley River to fish a large creek outflow and here the action picked up.  They started catching hungry Snapper then Cindy had a strong bite and FISH ON!  She played the fish perfectly to the boat and we saw that she had a large Bonnethead Shark, but netting the fish was not to be.  It made one last lunge and snapped the line and was gone. OUCH!  But the anglers continued to fish and soon were catching feisty Redfish, Croaker and more Snapper.   Nate had a good battle with a nice Black Tip Shark which he landed for pictures and release, then we trolled another oyster bank and Cindy picked up one too.  We had a few more Reds, Snapper and Croaker, then headed over to Lanceford Creek and the docks where Cindy got a nice 7-spot Redfish and Nate pulled one out, too.  We ended the fishing trip at the mouth of Lanceford where Nate picked up another Red and Laura had the biggest Snapper of the day.  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!