It's a new week and it started out great this morning as anglers Bart Woodham, his son Chad and their friend Zack worked the banks and put fish in the boat. If you're going fishing any time soon I'd recommend using finger mullet as bait, and as a second choice mud minnows. We started off fishing Nassau River on the very last of an outgoing tide and all we had were shrimp. The anglers had tons of bites - it seemed like one on every cast, but the "baitstealers" were just killing us! We landed Snapper, Croaker, Catfish and finally Zack had a good hookup and landed a fat 17" keeper sized Flounder. Before we left the area we were able to net about 40 perfectly sized finger mullet. Our next stop was the mouth of Jackstaff and this time I eased along the bank as the anglers cast their mullet and jigs to the exposed oyster beds. The tide was just starting to come in and it took a while for things to heat up but eventually Bart had a good hookup and, FISH ON! He played the fish perfectly and landed a nice 21" slot sized Redfish! The anglers picked up a few hungry Seatrout, Chad landed a fish that I've never seen before (I'll send the pic to Mote Marine to get it identified) and Chad also had the biggest Jack Crevalle of the day. Zack added another fat 17" Flounder and then on our second pass Bart put another 21" slot Red in the boat! We made a run to Broward Island and now the tide was really rushing in. But the anglers persevered even though the temperatures were getting over 90, and picked up a nice Seatrout and Snapper. Then both Bart and Zack added a fat keeper sized Flounder apiece to the catch to wrap the day up. These anglers had elected to release all of their fish to be caught another day and that made it all the more satisfying as we headed in knowing that we'd had a pretty good day of fishing on Amelia Island waters!
It's a new week and it started out great this morning as anglers Bart Woodham, his son Chad and their friend Zack worked the banks and put fish in the boat. If you're going fishing any time soon I'd recommend using finger mullet as bait, and as a second choice mud minnows. We started off fishing Nassau River on the very last of an outgoing tide and all we had were shrimp. The anglers had tons of bites - it seemed like one on every cast, but the "baitstealers" were just killing us! We landed Snapper, Croaker, Catfish and finally Zack had a good hookup and landed a fat 17" keeper sized Flounder. Before we left the area we were able to net about 40 perfectly sized finger mullet. Our next stop was the mouth of Jackstaff and this time I eased along the bank as the anglers cast their mullet and jigs to the exposed oyster beds. The tide was just starting to come in and it took a while for things to heat up but eventually Bart had a good hookup and, FISH ON! He played the fish perfectly and landed a nice 21" slot sized Redfish! The anglers picked up a few hungry Seatrout, Chad landed a fish that I've never seen before (I'll send the pic to Mote Marine to get it identified) and Chad also had the biggest Jack Crevalle of the day. Zack added another fat 17" Flounder and then on our second pass Bart put another 21" slot Red in the boat! We made a run to Broward Island and now the tide was really rushing in. But the anglers persevered even though the temperatures were getting over 90, and picked up a nice Seatrout and Snapper. Then both Bart and Zack added a fat keeper sized Flounder apiece to the catch to wrap the day up. These anglers had elected to release all of their fish to be caught another day and that made it all the more satisfying as we headed in knowing that we'd had a pretty good day of fishing on Amelia Island waters!
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