First Cast First Fish

Nathan and Ted Miller made the drive over from Jacksonville this morning  to fish the Amelia Island back waters on The Anglers Mark.  We met early at the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp and headed up the river to fish outside of Tiger Island on a high and outgoing tide.  After rigging up some float rigs  we tossed them to the marsh grass at some large creek run outs and after gave it a jig, the float disappeared and FISH ON!  He played the fish expertly and we soon netted a nice 18" Seatrout!  He was the only one we caught there so we speculated that he was the alpha trout and had scared all the others away!  We ran up to the Jolley River and fished another large creek run out.  Ted picked up a nice Redfish then Nathan got in on the action and caught a couple of Trout.  Then they both picked up a couple of more Reds and Trout.  We moved on around to the "Mother Of All" spots but it wasn't as hot as it was yesterday.  They did catch a couple of more Trout and a couple of hungry Sheepshead, and a Puppy Drum, rounding out an Amelia Island Backcountry Slam, of sorts.  We fished Jolley Bank and picked up two more Reds, one in the Slot, and then finished up at the logs behind Tiger where they added another couple of Reds to the catch list, along with a whole "mess" of pesky Snapper!  We were treated with a visit from a raccoon chasing our discarded bait, too.  With that, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on the water.