We've had a great run of beautiful mornings and this week happens to have great tides for Amelia Island back country fishing. I met the Scher family - Greg and Lee and their daughter Hope down at the Atlantic Seafood dock at the City marina and we headed north, up to Tiger Island to fish the very last of an outgoing tide. We had live shrimp to bait our 1/4 jigs and soon found out that the "baitstealers" were going to pick us clean on every cast. But we worked through them and had a good hookup with a nice fish 10 year old Hope worked the fish to the boat with some of dad's help and we soon landed the 19" Redfish. Greg was getting the hang of snagging the pesky Snapper and Croaker but we decided to move on. As we pulled away from the island we saw some good schools of finger mullet and after a few casts we were on our way with a baitwell of perfect sized bait. Our next stop was up at Jolley Bank and we had a few good bites as we eased along the shoreline. Greg picked up some more Snapper, a couple of feisty Redfish and then he had a very strong hookup - one that ripped the drag out and bent the rod. Greg fought the fish from bow to stern and then included young Hope in on the action. But this big fish had probably been through this drill before because it dove deep, under the boat and with a tight line, the leader snapped, OUCH! But it was a good fight and livened up the boat! We moved on up into Jolley and the action heated up. Greg caught more Snapper, a couple of more Reds, and a couple of nice Seatrout. We eventually called it a day, left 'em biting, and headed in counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters! In addition to a good day of fishing, we saw a raccoon, Atlantic Salt Marsh Mink, Rosette Spoonbills, dolphin, and wild horses on Cumberland Island.
We've had a great run of beautiful mornings and this week happens to have great tides for Amelia Island back country fishing. I met the Scher family - Greg and Lee and their daughter Hope down at the Atlantic Seafood dock at the City marina and we headed north, up to Tiger Island to fish the very last of an outgoing tide. We had live shrimp to bait our 1/4 jigs and soon found out that the "baitstealers" were going to pick us clean on every cast. But we worked through them and had a good hookup with a nice fish 10 year old Hope worked the fish to the boat with some of dad's help and we soon landed the 19" Redfish. Greg was getting the hang of snagging the pesky Snapper and Croaker but we decided to move on. As we pulled away from the island we saw some good schools of finger mullet and after a few casts we were on our way with a baitwell of perfect sized bait. Our next stop was up at Jolley Bank and we had a few good bites as we eased along the shoreline. Greg picked up some more Snapper, a couple of feisty Redfish and then he had a very strong hookup - one that ripped the drag out and bent the rod. Greg fought the fish from bow to stern and then included young Hope in on the action. But this big fish had probably been through this drill before because it dove deep, under the boat and with a tight line, the leader snapped, OUCH! But it was a good fight and livened up the boat! We moved on up into Jolley and the action heated up. Greg caught more Snapper, a couple of more Reds, and a couple of nice Seatrout. We eventually called it a day, left 'em biting, and headed in counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters! In addition to a good day of fishing, we saw a raccoon, Atlantic Salt Marsh Mink, Rosette Spoonbills, dolphin, and wild horses on Cumberland Island.
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