John Brayfield and his friend Paula were in from Illinois and took in an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip this morning. We had a wind out of the north west so we headed over to Lanceford Creek in hopes that the land mass would give us some protection, and it did. I set John up with a jig rig on the last few hours of an incoming tide and after he had made his first cast I turned to get another rod ready and FISH ON! The drag ripped out and the rod bent over as John played the big fish and after an extended battle we landed a 26 7/8" Slot Redfish, just under the size limit! This put John in the lead in the Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament - Redfish category. We snapped some pictures and released the beautiful big fish knowing that he had only an 1/8" to grow before he was oversized and illegal to harvest! John continued to fish and picked up a few more Redfish with one more in the slot. He also caught his very first Flounder. Paula kept track of two bottom rigs I had out the stern of the boat and reeled in two feisty Sharks. We hit a couple of more spots but the wind was really hampering us so we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
John Brayfield and his friend Paula were in from Illinois and took in an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip this morning. We had a wind out of the north west so we headed over to Lanceford Creek in hopes that the land mass would give us some protection, and it did. I set John up with a jig rig on the last few hours of an incoming tide and after he had made his first cast I turned to get another rod ready and FISH ON! The drag ripped out and the rod bent over as John played the big fish and after an extended battle we landed a 26 7/8" Slot Redfish, just under the size limit! This put John in the lead in the Anglers Mark Bragging Rights Tournament - Redfish category. We snapped some pictures and released the beautiful big fish knowing that he had only an 1/8" to grow before he was oversized and illegal to harvest! John continued to fish and picked up a few more Redfish with one more in the slot. He also caught his very first Flounder. Paula kept track of two bottom rigs I had out the stern of the boat and reeled in two feisty Sharks. We hit a couple of more spots but the wind was really hampering us so we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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