William and Dara Blalock along with their friend Jason were visiting Amelia Island for the annual Georgia/Florida football game and decided to take in an Amelia Island back water fishing trip on
The Anglers Mark yesterday. We met at the
Fernandina Harbor Marina downtown at 7am and headed up to the Tiger Islands with a livewell full of shrimp to fish the first of an outgoing tide. I used my trolling motor to "anchor" at the mouth of two outgoing creeks and the anglers tossed their baits up near the marsh grass. Fish On! Fish On! Fish On! The Trout bite was on fire and they caught one after another - I entered in my journal that they caught "a ton" of fish - too many to count. William had seen a tail up near the grass and shortly after Dara's rod bent and this fish had a little more UMPH to his fight! She played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Redfish. They all caught some hungry Blues to 14" and Jason had a big Bull Whiting. We could have stayed there and caught fish longer, but we decided to move in hopes that we could increase our odds at more Redfish, so we made a move to the Jolley River and sure enough, the bite was hot. They boated 8-10 Redfish, having double hookups a couple of times and a good handful of Trout. Once, Jason had something hit his bait hard, but it broke off almost immediately, taking the float rig with it. Later, when William retrieved the float before we left the spot, he found that a Redfish was still attached! We made a couple of more stops in Jolley picking up a few fish, then finished up at the Tiger Island logs where Jason rounded out a personal Amelia Island Back Country Slam by catching a hungry Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island Waters!
William and Dara Blalock along with their friend Jason were visiting Amelia Island for the annual Georgia/Florida football game and decided to take in an Amelia Island back water fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday. We met at the Fernandina Harbor Marina downtown at 7am and headed up to the Tiger Islands with a livewell full of shrimp to fish the first of an outgoing tide. I used my trolling motor to "anchor" at the mouth of two outgoing creeks and the anglers tossed their baits up near the marsh grass. Fish On! Fish On! Fish On! The Trout bite was on fire and they caught one after another - I entered in my journal that they caught "a ton" of fish - too many to count. William had seen a tail up near the grass and shortly after Dara's rod bent and this fish had a little more UMPH to his fight! She played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Redfish. They all caught some hungry Blues to 14" and Jason had a big Bull Whiting. We could have stayed there and caught fish longer, but we decided to move in hopes that we could increase our odds at more Redfish, so we made a move to the Jolley River and sure enough, the bite was hot. They boated 8-10 Redfish, having double hookups a couple of times and a good handful of Trout. Once, Jason had something hit his bait hard, but it broke off almost immediately, taking the float rig with it. Later, when William retrieved the float before we left the spot, he found that a Redfish was still attached! We made a couple of more stops in Jolley picking up a few fish, then finished up at the Tiger Island logs where Jason rounded out a personal Amelia Island Back Country Slam by catching a hungry Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island Waters!
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