Ladies Day Out

Joanne Biery and her friend Mary Ann Saxby left their husbands at home in Maine and came to Amelia Island for a ladies vacation.  One of their activities was to take in an Amelia Island fishing trip in the back country on The Anglers Mark with me this morning.  We met at the Atlantic Seafood dock down at the Fernandina Harbor Marina early this morning and headed up to the Jolley River to fish the very first of an outgoing tide.  We held at a small marsh run out and began to fish with live shrimp under floats.  Both anglers were

getting nibbles but then Mary Ann's float completely disappeared, her rod bent over, and the drag begin to rip, FISH ON!  Mary Ann and I played "hot potato" with the rod for a few seconds and when she finally gained control of the rod we saw a large 4' shark come to the surface out in deeper water.  As Mary Ann began to work the fish in the Shark was having none of it and made strong run from the boat and snapped the leader, OUCH!  We fished a creek run out and picked up a Seatrout on the bottom then fished the still submerged oysters at the mouth of Jolley.  Mary Ann picked up a feisty Redfish then we made a run to Tiger Island where Joanne was able to haul in another Redfish and a Seatrout.  After fishing we toured Cumberland Island and Beach Creek, saw wild horses on the south sea shore, visited Fort Clinch, then headed in surrounded by dolphin rolling in the water.  What a great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!