New Residents Enjoy Amelia Island

Zack and Nicki Welsh recently moved to Amelia Island and when Nicki's parents Greg and Darla planned a visit this week they decided to take in an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark.  We headed out of the Fernandina Harbor Marina at 1pm and headed up to the Tiger Island area to fish float rigs with live shrimp.  Our first cast produced a hookup with an angry Bluefish so all the anglers got busy casting and catching!  We

later fished Manatee Creek with no luck then went around behind Tiger to fish.  The current was rushing out and it was very difficult to fish so we made a run to Lanceford Creek to fish the dock pilings.  This turned out to be the trick because all of the anglers began to catch feisty Redfish and hungry Seatrout.  Zack had a strong hookup and I thought for sure it was another Redfish because this fish was really fighting.  He worked the fish patiently and we soon netted a nice big 19" Seatrout!  Later he added a 19" Slot Redfish to the cooler! The anglers caught a few more Red's then we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!