New Anglers Catch Plenty of Fish

Both Mike Woodhead andhis friend Jane indicated to me that they were novice anglers but were ready to try some Amelia Island back country fishing on The Anglers Mark.  They were staying at Elizabeth Point Lodge, just a short drive into town.   We met yesterday morning at 9am to fish the very first of an outgoing tide.  Again, the river water was slick as glass as we pulled out of the Fernandina Harbor Marina and headed up to the Jolley River to fish the flooded oyster bars with live shrimp under float rigs.  It wasn't
long before both Mike and Jane were making fish catchable casts to the edge of the marsh grass but the fish just weren't biting.  We made a run further up into the river, held at a marsh run out, and still no bites.  So I switched the anglers to jigs and shrimp and after fishing for just a short while Mike picked up a Blue then Jane hauled in a hungry Seatrout.  We hit the logs of Tiger Island next and after fishing for just a short while Jane had a strong hookup and patiently worked in a  nice 19" Seatrout!  We made the run to Lanceford Creek docks and in short time both anglers were catching feisty Redfish. Mike evened the box total by landing another 18" keeper sized Seatrout.  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters.