Local resident Trey Dennard treated his young adult kids to a morning of back country fishing on TheAnglers Mark today. Trey and his son IV and daughter Addison met me down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at Big Talbot Island Park at 8am which was right at the top of the tide. We headed up the Nassau River and fished a couple of Marsh run outs, or as a friend of mine, Tim Parker, owner of Tempatation Baits calls them marsh "dumps". The water was still way up in the marsh and we had no takers on our lively mud minnows under floats. We ran around to the mouth of Jackstaff and fished an oyster lined bank where Trey picked up a Snapper then IV had a strong hookup, FISH ON! He played the fish perfectly and patiently, working the big fish in slowly and letting it run when it wanted to. We saw the big oversized Redfish a couple of times but today he was not to be caught because sure enough, the hook pulled and, FISH OFF! Ouch! We fished the bank a couple of times with Trey picking up a couple of hungry Seatrout then we crossed over and fished a sandbar where we picked up a hard fighting Jack Crevalle. As we eased along another shore line Trey had tossed his jig and minnow to the edge of some marsh grass, got hung, and when the hook came off, FISH ON! He too fought this fish patiently and after a good battle we netted a nice 24" Slot Redfish with 7 spots! We moved back around to Nassau River and found a likely spot and began to fish the jigs deep. We had at least two hookups with big Redfish and after extended battles lost them to be caught another day. But these anglers were not to be deterred. IV had a good battle with a large Catfish then both Trey and Addison boated Slot Redfish. Trey added a keeper sized Trout then he had another big hookup and big battle. Trey worked the fish patiently as it ran from bow to stern and back again and after a long fight landed a big 26 3/4" "tournament" Redish! And with the last mud minnow that had been dead on another rig for an hour or so, Trey hooked up to another Slot Red to wrap up the day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Local resident Trey Dennard treated his young adult kids to a morning of back country fishing on TheAnglers Mark today. Trey and his son IV and daughter Addison met me down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at Big Talbot Island Park at 8am which was right at the top of the tide. We headed up the Nassau River and fished a couple of Marsh run outs, or as a friend of mine, Tim Parker, owner of Tempatation Baits calls them marsh "dumps". The water was still way up in the marsh and we had no takers on our lively mud minnows under floats. We ran around to the mouth of Jackstaff and fished an oyster lined bank where Trey picked up a Snapper then IV had a strong hookup, FISH ON! He played the fish perfectly and patiently, working the big fish in slowly and letting it run when it wanted to. We saw the big oversized Redfish a couple of times but today he was not to be caught because sure enough, the hook pulled and, FISH OFF! Ouch! We fished the bank a couple of times with Trey picking up a couple of hungry Seatrout then we crossed over and fished a sandbar where we picked up a hard fighting Jack Crevalle. As we eased along another shore line Trey had tossed his jig and minnow to the edge of some marsh grass, got hung, and when the hook came off, FISH ON! He too fought this fish patiently and after a good battle we netted a nice 24" Slot Redfish with 7 spots! We moved back around to Nassau River and found a likely spot and began to fish the jigs deep. We had at least two hookups with big Redfish and after extended battles lost them to be caught another day. But these anglers were not to be deterred. IV had a good battle with a large Catfish then both Trey and Addison boated Slot Redfish. Trey added a keeper sized Trout then he had another big hookup and big battle. Trey worked the fish patiently as it ran from bow to stern and back again and after a long fight landed a big 26 3/4" "tournament" Redish! And with the last mud minnow that had been dead on another rig for an hour or so, Trey hooked up to another Slot Red to wrap up the day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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