I had the opportunity to fish with the Smith family the last two days - Jimmy, Pamela and their two kids Mekayla and Briley. We fished from the Amelia Island south end Friday morning, hitting Bubblegum Reef where the anglers picked up a couple of Trout and then Broward Island where we picked up another Trout. We then eased up into Christopher Creek and both Mekayla and Briley each caught a feisty Redfish. It was a beautiful day, sunny and warming to almost 70, but these anglers had to work for each and every fish that they caught. However they kept good attitudes, enjoyed being out on the water, and made plans to fish again this morning. This time, we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock, located at the Fernandina Harbor Marina here at Amelia Island. We had a little more wind blowing today so we headed up Lanceford Creek to have the land mass block the wind and fished the dock pilings. It wasn't long before the anglers were catching one Redfish after another! We were catching them all on the bottom with live shrimp and mud minnows and although most were undersized, they did put three Slot Reds in the boat with the largest being a 20" Red caught by Mekayla that puts her in first place in my 2013 Bragging Rights Tournament! (Scroll down right side to view Tournament standings) Both Briley and Mekayla caught a hungry Puppy Drum and when Pamela boated a Seatrout we called it an Amelia Island Back Country Slam! We hit a couple of more spots then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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