Fishin in the Wind

Brian and Leah Cochran were visiting Amelia Island again and met up with me down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at the south end.  They also had with them Brian's dad Stan.  Although the weather guys had predicted a nice day they were somewhat off on their wind calculations!  It was blowing at least 10 if not more but these anglers were prepared to brave the elements!  We headed up Nassau River and made our first stop at Spanish Drop, fished a creek runout, then moved on to Bubblegum Reef to fish the very last of an outgoing tide.  I noticed the water temperature was around 54 degrees.  Although the wind was not too bad here it was just enough to be aggravating so we moved over to Seymore's Point.  Our first stop at the docks didn't produce anything other than relief from the wind but the second stop brought some action.  Brian was the first to hook up, tossing a live shrimp on a 1/4 oz jig.  He found a hungry Redfish and brought it to the boat.  Then his dad tossed a live shrimp under a float up near the bank and it soon began to walk off and then go under. Stan lifted the rod tip firmly and had a FISH ON!  He played it perfectly and soon brought it to the net, another feisty Redfish.  Then Leah hooked up with a jig and shrimp but this time it was a fat Seatrout.  We fished this spot for a good while and had a few more fish.  Leah broke in my new TFO Gary Loomis Tactical  6'6" rod by hooking up and reeling in a nice Redfish.  Eventually we made run to Broward Island but the wind and wave action made it too aggravating to fish so we made our way back to the shelter of Christopher Creek where we picked up one more Redfish and a few more bites.  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out fishing Amelia Island, Florida waters!