We had six bay boats lined up at the Atlantic Seafood dock this morning ready to meet the Herb Lottman fishing group of 12 anglers for fishing trips into the back country of Amelia Island. The group of anglers were staying at the 5 Star Elizabeth Pointe Lodge who had also arranged the transportation and box lunches. It was right at high tide so our first stop was outside of Tiger Island. On The Anglers Mark, I had Herb along with his friend Roy and we started the day out tossing live shrimp under floats to the marsh grass edges. It wasn't long before the two anglers were getting some good bites then Roy hooked up with a nice keeper sized Seatrout to get the "skunk off the boat"! Roy had the hot rod early and landed a few of the Seatrout and even though Herb was getting bites, they just weren't taking. But then his float disappeared and his rod bent double, and, FISH ON! He played the fish patiently and after a good battle, with the big fish running stern to bow and back again, we netted a big 22" Seatrout! We continued to fish the area, picked up a few more trout and Roy had a good battle with a feisty Black "puppy Drum. There was a big rain storm headed our way and just as Roy had reeled in another keeper sized Trout, the bottom fell out and it began to pour. We pulled up the trolling motor and headed around to the lee side of Tiger Island to get out of the wind but we still all got soaked! After the rain subsided, we made a run to Jolley River where we fished a small creek mouth. Both Herb and Roy had hookups with high flying Ladyfish. We fished Snook Creek and the MOA and had bites but no takers then we ran around to Bell River and fished some dock pilings. We only found one Croaker so we made a long run to Lanceford Creek where the bite heated up somewhat. Herb's rod got hot and he landed a couple of nice Snapper then an 11-spot feisty Redfish. Roy rounded out the day with a very nice Snapper. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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