Big Variety and a Slot Red

The beautiful mornings just keep on rolling in here at Amelia Island.  Today was another one with clear skies and no wind as the sun came up down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp.  I met the Mathews family, Tristan and Dee Dee along with their young adult kids Tristan and Teresa. We headed up the Amelia River to fish the mouth of Jackstaff with the oysters barely showing on an outgoing tide.  With only a cast or two under his belt,  young Tristan hooked up and fought in a very nice 18" Seatrout to get the "skunk off the boat" early!  His dad hooked up a little later with another keeper sized Trout.  The anglers all began to get bites and landed a number of hungry Snapper then Teresa hauled in a
multi-spot Redfish.  Tristan landed a Flounder to round out an Amelia Island Back Country Slam and Teresa tangled with a high jumping Ladyfish.  After a few more catches of Snapper we headed around to the Nassau River to fish an old oyster bank.  Almost immediately Tristan hooked up with something very big and had a good battle before it decided to have none of getting caught!   He continued to fish the deeper water and caught a good handful of Snapper.  Dee Dee had a strong bite and landed hard fighting Jack Crevalle.  All the anglers hooked up with Snapper then Tristan the younger had a good hookup and his drag began to rip, FISH ON!  He played the fish expertly and patiently and after  good battle that took him deep  a couple of times, he landed a nice 22" Slot Redfish! We fished the area for just a while longer then made a run to Broward Island where the anglers added a few more Snapper, a nice Stingray and one more Redfish to the fish count.  All fish caught today were released to be caught another day.  With that, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!