Tom Johnston was in town with his family for the annual Georgia Florida Football game and postponed their departure time long enough to get in an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on
The Anglers Mark this morning. Due to the nearby passing of Hurricane Sandy, we postponed the fishing trip from Friday when the winds were up to 27mph, but were able to meet today with sunny skies, although the wind was still blowing at 16mph. We went fishing anyway! Tom had brought along his wife, Leann, there two young adults Ashley and Tommy, and Tom's dad.....Tom. For once I had no trouble remembering names! I thought the NW wind may be blocked on the outside of Tiger Island so we headed that way. But when we got to the mouth of Manatee Creek we found that it was blowing and the water was really churned up. We still tossed out some float rigs with live shrimp and Tom and Tommy both picked up a couple of hungry Seatrout and a feisty Bluefish. Tommy had a good hookup but after he worked it in we found a heavy tackle rod and reel on the end of his line - you never know what you're going to pull up in the saltwater! We made run around to Lanceford Creek and soon found that the land mass was blocking the wind and the fishing atmosphere was outstanding. Fishing a grass patch surrounded by flooded oysters, both Leann and Ashley reeled in some Seatrout. Tom saw his float bumping around like another one of the pesky baitstealers was after his shrimp and Tom patiently waited until the float disappeared to lift his rod tip firmly and BIG FISH ON! His rod bent and the drag ripped as the fish made a strong run away from the boat, but Tom kept the pressure on and slowly worked the fish to the boat. It made couple of more runs, headed under the boat and then from bow to stern and back to bow, but we soon were able to net the big fish, a 26" Amelia Island slot Red! After pictures, Tom gently released the fish to swim away and possibly to be caught another day. After the bite slowed we moved on down and fished some of the dock pilings and although we were getting robbed repeatedly by the baitstealers, both Leann and Tom Sr. surprising caught a couple of juvenile Grouper! With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Tom Johnston was in town with his family for the annual Georgia Florida Football game and postponed their departure time long enough to get in an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this morning. Due to the nearby passing of Hurricane Sandy, we postponed the fishing trip from Friday when the winds were up to 27mph, but were able to meet today with sunny skies, although the wind was still blowing at 16mph. We went fishing anyway! Tom had brought along his wife, Leann, there two young adults Ashley and Tommy, and Tom's dad.....Tom. For once I had no trouble remembering names! I thought the NW wind may be blocked on the outside of Tiger Island so we headed that way. But when we got to the mouth of Manatee Creek we found that it was blowing and the water was really churned up. We still tossed out some float rigs with live shrimp and Tom and Tommy both picked up a couple of hungry Seatrout and a feisty Bluefish. Tommy had a good hookup but after he worked it in we found a heavy tackle rod and reel on the end of his line - you never know what you're going to pull up in the saltwater! We made run around to Lanceford Creek and soon found that the land mass was blocking the wind and the fishing atmosphere was outstanding. Fishing a grass patch surrounded by flooded oysters, both Leann and Ashley reeled in some Seatrout. Tom saw his float bumping around like another one of the pesky baitstealers was after his shrimp and Tom patiently waited until the float disappeared to lift his rod tip firmly and BIG FISH ON! His rod bent and the drag ripped as the fish made a strong run away from the boat, but Tom kept the pressure on and slowly worked the fish to the boat. It made couple of more runs, headed under the boat and then from bow to stern and back to bow, but we soon were able to net the big fish, a 26" Amelia Island slot Red! After pictures, Tom gently released the fish to swim away and possibly to be caught another day. After the bite slowed we moved on down and fished some of the dock pilings and although we were getting robbed repeatedly by the baitstealers, both Leann and Tom Sr. surprising caught a couple of juvenile Grouper! With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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