Chris and Talitha Foster had arranged a fishing trip on The Anglers Mark this morning so I met Chris and their two kids Jacob and Rebekah at the Atlantic Seafood dock down at the Fernandina Harbor marina at 7am and headed up to the Jolly River, getting there about two hours after the tide had been coming in. We started fishing Jolley bank with the oysters still showing, tossing jigs and shrimp and Temptation Bait Ribbed Shrimp. The young anglers were fishing the shrimp and picked up a couple of hungry Croakers then Rebekah thought she had an oyster clump but it started pulling back! She worked the fish in and we netted a cool Stingray! Then Chris started getting hot with the Temptation Shrimp, catching a small Trout, a big Croaker and then a nice keeper sized Flounder. Rebekah picked up a hungry Trout then Jacob's rod bent over and his drag zipped and we had a battle on our hands. The feisty fish made a run under the boat so his dad held the line out as I lifted the trolling motor...and the fight was on again! Jacob played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Bonnethead Shark. We made a run on further up Jolley, fished a large creek mouth, then ran back to the Tiger Island logs. Here Rebekah was fishing deep with her jig and Shrimp and had a good bite. She quietly played the fish as it made strong runs behind the stern of the boat but Rebekah kept the pressure on and we netted a nice big 19" Seatrout! She landed one more Trout before we ran outside of Tiger, tried some float rigs, then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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