It was smooth sailing as we pulled out of the marina today. I had met Tom Meagher and his friend Steve Strickland at the City marina this morning at 7am and when we came around the last dock into the river it was smooth as glass. We headed up to the Jolley River and made our first stop at an oyster outcrop on the last two hours of an outgoing tide. These anglers had numerous bites on their mud minnow/jig combo and picked up a Snapper or two. We moved around to Snook Creek and here Steve picked up a feisty Redfish. We fished Jolley Bank and picked up another couple of feisty Reds then Steve landed a keeper sized Flounder. Tom hooked up and had a good battle with a nice Jack Crevalle. The bite had picked up just a little bit as the tide started to come back in. We made a run to Tiger Island and here we saw plenty of action. Steve caught another keeper sized Flounder and had a very strong battle with something big found its way into the tree limbs an broke itself off. On the last cast of the day Tom had a strong bite and then he played the fish patiently. It was a good battle, but one that this nice Redfish lost to a good angler. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
It was smooth sailing as we pulled out of the marina today. I had met Tom Meagher and his friend Steve Strickland at the City marina this morning at 7am and when we came around the last dock into the river it was smooth as glass. We headed up to the Jolley River and made our first stop at an oyster outcrop on the last two hours of an outgoing tide. These anglers had numerous bites on their mud minnow/jig combo and picked up a Snapper or two. We moved around to Snook Creek and here Steve picked up a feisty Redfish. We fished Jolley Bank and picked up another couple of feisty Reds then Steve landed a keeper sized Flounder. Tom hooked up and had a good battle with a nice Jack Crevalle. The bite had picked up just a little bit as the tide started to come back in. We made a run to Tiger Island and here we saw plenty of action. Steve caught another keeper sized Flounder and had a very strong battle with something big found its way into the tree limbs an broke itself off. On the last cast of the day Tom had a strong bite and then he played the fish patiently. It was a good battle, but one that this nice Redfish lost to a good angler. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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