The Mannering family included a back country fishing trip in their family reunion activities this morning. I had Matt Mannering and his son Mason and their Grandfather Bob and Uncle John meet me at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7am and we headed north to fish the outside of Tiger Island on the first of an outgoing tide. The anglers were armed with float rigs and live shrimp and began tossing to the grass line. We had a number of nibbles and finally John got it started by landing a hungry Seatrout. Matt got in on the action and he and John landed a few more Trout. John tangled with a good sized Ladyfish and I as I was baiting a hook I heard a drag begin to sing. I looked up and saw Matt's rod bent over and out beyond it I saw a big boil in the water, FISH ON! Matt exclaimed that he saw the big fish come up and engulf his shrimp and the fight was on! He played the big Redfish perfectly which tried a number of times to run under the boat but Matt wasn't having anything to do with that. He kept the pressure on and eventually we netted the 29.5" 12lb fish! Boy what a fish! We fished the area for a while longer then made a run up to Jolley River and fished a large creek. The anglers had no bites on the float rigs so we switched to jigs and shrimp and this did the trick. All the anglers got in on the action, catching Seatrout after Seatrout with a couple of Croaker and Sanpper thrown in. Most were in the 14" size but we had a few keepers toke home for fish sandwiches! Our last stop was at a large marsh runout and here young Mason perfected his "method" and landed a Black "Puppy Drum" and a Flounder to round out his own personal Amelia Island Backcountry Slam. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
The Mannering family included a back country fishing trip in their family reunion activities this morning. I had Matt Mannering and his son Mason and their Grandfather Bob and Uncle John meet me at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7am and we headed north to fish the outside of Tiger Island on the first of an outgoing tide. The anglers were armed with float rigs and live shrimp and began tossing to the grass line. We had a number of nibbles and finally John got it started by landing a hungry Seatrout. Matt got in on the action and he and John landed a few more Trout. John tangled with a good sized Ladyfish and I as I was baiting a hook I heard a drag begin to sing. I looked up and saw Matt's rod bent over and out beyond it I saw a big boil in the water, FISH ON! Matt exclaimed that he saw the big fish come up and engulf his shrimp and the fight was on! He played the big Redfish perfectly which tried a number of times to run under the boat but Matt wasn't having anything to do with that. He kept the pressure on and eventually we netted the 29.5" 12lb fish! Boy what a fish! We fished the area for a while longer then made a run up to Jolley River and fished a large creek. The anglers had no bites on the float rigs so we switched to jigs and shrimp and this did the trick. All the anglers got in on the action, catching Seatrout after Seatrout with a couple of Croaker and Sanpper thrown in. Most were in the 14" size but we had a few keepers toke home for fish sandwiches! Our last stop was at a large marsh runout and here young Mason perfected his "method" and landed a Black "Puppy Drum" and a Flounder to round out his own personal Amelia Island Backcountry Slam. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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