Yesterday was another beautiful day to be fishing at Amelia Island. The morning started off with very little wind, an outgoing tide and just enough cloud cover to make for some nice fishing conditions. I had met Scott Wetherington and his son Ivan down at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7am and we headed up to the Tiger Islands for our first stop. We hadn't been fishing long when Scott had a good strong hookup and the battle ensued! He played the fish patiently and after a while we netted a nice 18" Redfish! Ivan had a nice Flounder and a big "poor man's Tarpon" - the Ladyfish. The ever present Croaker and Snapper were caught, too! We made a run up to Jolley River, fished the MOA spot with no real bites (how could that be?) then moved around to Snook Creek where the bite picked up. Both Scott and Ivan landed a good handful of feisty Redfish, then Scott had a good hookup and put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat. Both anglers caught hard fighting Jack Crevealle, Ivan picked up another Seatrout then we made another move down to Jolley Bank. Again, a couple of more feisty Redfish then Ivan hauled in a Stingray and a keeper sized Flounder. Our last stop was back at Tiger where we picked up more Croaker, a keeper sized Snapper, and another keeper sized Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Yesterday was another beautiful day to be fishing at Amelia Island. The morning started off with very little wind, an outgoing tide and just enough cloud cover to make for some nice fishing conditions. I had met Scott Wetherington and his son Ivan down at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7am and we headed up to the Tiger Islands for our first stop. We hadn't been fishing long when Scott had a good strong hookup and the battle ensued! He played the fish patiently and after a while we netted a nice 18" Redfish! Ivan had a nice Flounder and a big "poor man's Tarpon" - the Ladyfish. The ever present Croaker and Snapper were caught, too! We made a run up to Jolley River, fished the MOA spot with no real bites (how could that be?) then moved around to Snook Creek where the bite picked up. Both Scott and Ivan landed a good handful of feisty Redfish, then Scott had a good hookup and put a keeper sized Seatrout in the boat. Both anglers caught hard fighting Jack Crevealle, Ivan picked up another Seatrout then we made another move down to Jolley Bank. Again, a couple of more feisty Redfish then Ivan hauled in a Stingray and a keeper sized Flounder. Our last stop was back at Tiger where we picked up more Croaker, a keeper sized Snapper, and another keeper sized Flounder. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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