Margaret Gallardo and her two brothers Ted and Bob and Bob's wife Nellie took in an Amelia Island Back Country fishing trip today on The Anglers Mark. We met at the Atlantic Seafood dock at the City of Fernandina Beach marina this morning and headed up to Tiger Island to fish the first of an outgoing tide with live shrimp under floats. We hadn't been anchored long when Nellie hooked up with a good fish and after a nice fight, she put a keeper sized Trout into the boat! The anglers caught good handful of smaller Trout then Ted's line took off and the drag zipped on his reel, FISH ON! He played the big fish perfectlly and I thought for sure it was going to be a big Redfish, but then it showed the tendecies of a shark. Sure enough, after a long and expert battle, Ted landed a 3 1/2" Bonnethead shark. We hit another area outside of Tiger then headed up to the Jolley River and again picked up a handful of smaller Trout. As we fished Jolley Bank they caught a couple of more Trout, some "baitstealers" and a nice Croaker. Then Bob let everyone know that he had a fish on, and boy did he! He played the big fish perfectly and worked it patiently to the boat where we netted a nice slot sized 24" Redfish. Now that, with some grits and hushpuppies, will make a good meal! We hit the logs of Tiger Island and then headed in, counting it as another beautiful day to be on Amelia Island waters!
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