Rainy Weather Dampens Fishing

How can you go from one of the best days of fishing on one day and the very next have to struggle to find a fish?  I think the biggest reason was that the water was muddier due to the heavy rainfall we've been having.  I had the pleasure of getting out and fishing again with Mark and Shelly Davis today and even though we got a little wet heading to our first stop, that was all the rain we got during our trip.  We had an excellent tide with the water moving out of the marsh and the oysters beginning to show.  We began fishing with float rigs and mud minnows tossed to the edges of the oysters up in Jolley River but had no real bites.  We then made a move to a large creek mouth and tossed the minnows on jigs and may have picked up a Croaker or two.  Our next stop was at Jolley Bank and here Shelly hooked up with a handful of feisty, fun to catch, but small Redfish.  We then made a run to Bell River to fish the dock pilings and although the conditions looked perfect, we again needed to rely on Shelly to find us a feisty Redfish.  This young couple gave it an all out effort and did pick up a few fish but today just wasn't the day for the fish to be biting here at Amelia Island.