Sarah and Dave Post set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on
The Anglers Mark this afternoon, so we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock in downtown Fernandina Beach at 3pm. It had been chilly and overcast all day long but there was only a slight chance of rain as we headed out of the marina and up to the Tiger Islands. The tide was high and still coming in so we made a stop outside of Tiger Island and the anglers "knocked the rust" off fishing with live shrimp under float rigs. They had a bunch of baitstealers robbing them so we moved on around to the mouth of Tiger and dropped an anchor at a couple of marsh run outs. This proved to be the ticket because it wasn't long before Dave got the skunk off the boat with a nice Seatrout. From then on, both Sarah and Dave caught a number of Seatrout and Sarah landed a nice keeper sized one. Dave hooked up and his drag ripped out - this fish was running hard! But Dave played the fish perfectly and we soon landed a nice Bonnethead Shark. The bite slowed so we headed up to the Jolley River and found a nice creek to fish. Sarah picked up a few Trout on the float rig but we were in an area where there weren't too many oysters so we switched up to a jig rig, and boy am I glad we did! Both Sarah and Dave began to get hookup after hookup - almost every cast - and were reeling in the Trout, sometimes two at a time! They also had a handful of Whiting and a couple of Puppy Drum. We fished until the sun was setting then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Sarah and Dave Post set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this afternoon, so we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock in downtown Fernandina Beach at 3pm. It had been chilly and overcast all day long but there was only a slight chance of rain as we headed out of the marina and up to the Tiger Islands. The tide was high and still coming in so we made a stop outside of Tiger Island and the anglers "knocked the rust" off fishing with live shrimp under float rigs. They had a bunch of baitstealers robbing them so we moved on around to the mouth of Tiger and dropped an anchor at a couple of marsh run outs. This proved to be the ticket because it wasn't long before Dave got the skunk off the boat with a nice Seatrout. From then on, both Sarah and Dave caught a number of Seatrout and Sarah landed a nice keeper sized one. Dave hooked up and his drag ripped out - this fish was running hard! But Dave played the fish perfectly and we soon landed a nice Bonnethead Shark. The bite slowed so we headed up to the Jolley River and found a nice creek to fish. Sarah picked up a few Trout on the float rig but we were in an area where there weren't too many oysters so we switched up to a jig rig, and boy am I glad we did! Both Sarah and Dave began to get hookup after hookup - almost every cast - and were reeling in the Trout, sometimes two at a time! They also had a handful of Whiting and a couple of Puppy Drum. We fished until the sun was setting then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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