Bruce Brown, his wife Nancy and their son Jeff fished with me this afternoon. It was somewhat grey out today and the longer we fished the wind picked up, but these anglers were game and persevered throughout the day to catch a nice variety of fish. We were also handicapped by not having in live shrimp - all the bait shops were out today. So we went with artificial grubs and flukes on jig heads and made the best of it. At our first stop in Lanceford Creek we had no real bites so we ran to the logs of Tiger Island and fished the last of an outgoing tide. We were getting some bites here and when we move in close to the island it wasn't long before Jeff had a strong hookup and a fish fight on his hands! He played the fish perfectly and we soon landed a nice Redfish! I did have some dead shrimp on the boat so I rigged up a couple of bottom rigs and the anglers began to pick up some fish, with Bruce bringing in a keeper sized Whiting. Later Jeff caught a small, but aggressive Black Tip Shark and then picked up two Puppy Drum. The resident Raccoon was back looking for a handout! We made a run to Eagans Creek and fished most of the stretch from the mouth to the bridge and eventually ended up back at the mouth where Nancy hooked up with a hungry Seatrout and Bruce pulled in the final fish of the day, a nice Puppy Drum. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Bruce Brown, his wife Nancy and their son Jeff fished with me this afternoon. It was somewhat grey out today and the longer we fished the wind picked up, but these anglers were game and persevered throughout the day to catch a nice variety of fish. We were also handicapped by not having in live shrimp - all the bait shops were out today. So we went with artificial grubs and flukes on jig heads and made the best of it. At our first stop in Lanceford Creek we had no real bites so we ran to the logs of Tiger Island and fished the last of an outgoing tide. We were getting some bites here and when we move in close to the island it wasn't long before Jeff had a strong hookup and a fish fight on his hands! He played the fish perfectly and we soon landed a nice Redfish! I did have some dead shrimp on the boat so I rigged up a couple of bottom rigs and the anglers began to pick up some fish, with Bruce bringing in a keeper sized Whiting. Later Jeff caught a small, but aggressive Black Tip Shark and then picked up two Puppy Drum. The resident Raccoon was back looking for a handout! We made a run to Eagans Creek and fished most of the stretch from the mouth to the bridge and eventually ended up back at the mouth where Nancy hooked up with a hungry Seatrout and Bruce pulled in the final fish of the day, a nice Puppy Drum. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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