I Thought It was a Shark

We continued to fish the south end today and are getting excellent Trout bites.  I met Susan and Tom Hitchcock down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at Big Talbot Island Park this morning at 7:30am and we headed up the Nassau River to fish Bubblegum Reef just after the tide had started coming in.  We caught a pretty good hand full of Seatrout, a Flounder, and a Ladyfish.  We moved back down the river to Spanish Drop and fished a small creek mouth. It wasn't long before we had a float go under and FISH ON!  Tom worked
the big fish in expertly and we had a nice 17" Seatrout.  Susan was fishing the same bank and when her float got jerked under and her line began to zip through the water I thought for sure she had picked up a Shark.  Then her line went slack and we all thought the fish had thrown the hook, but it was just swimming right at the boat!  Susan reeled her line in quickly and again had some pressure on the fish.  It made a number of runs which she patiently battled then she brought the fish in to our waiting catch net - a huge 24 1/2"  6lb Seatrout! Boy what a fish!  This fish put Susan in first place in my Anglers Mark 2013 Bragging Rights Tournament -Seatrout Category. (Scroll down right side of this report for standings)   Shortly after that, Tom hooked up and reeled in a nice 19" Trout then Susan added a keeper sized Flounder.  We made run through Horsehead to fish the mouth of Jackstaff and had few nibbles before calling it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!