Yesterday morning was some really tough fishing. The Northeast winds had blown the water in and made the high tide even higher and we struggled to find a bite, much less to find a fish! But yesterday afternoon as the water came out of the grass we found some fish. The Raynor group had set up two boats through Captain Jeff Crumpton and I was the lucky 2nd boat! I had Anne Raynor, her sister Judy and brother in law Herb and their friend Mary on my boat and we pointed it south to fish the Horsehead area on the outgoing tide. We found an oyster bank to cruise and when Mary hooked up with something big I thought "big Redfish". But this fish kept going then held on the bottom and I knew it was a late season shark. It was group effort landing the 3 foot long beast but these ladies were up to the task and after a long battle we landed the fish, snapped some pictures and threw it back. Again, Mary had a strong hookup and a long shark fight insued. And again the ladies landed an even biger Shark. Then a third shark was caught by Anne and landed. Three big Bonnethead Sharks were landed on light tackle by these ladies! When Judy had a strong hookup I thought, "oh boy, here we go again", bu this fish, even though it was putting up a good battle, didn't hang to the bottom but zipped around the boat. Judy played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Jack Crevalle. We made a move around to the Nassau River side of Horsehead, fished a nice runout, and here Anne pefected here jig fishing technique. She landed three feisty Reddfish, a hungry Seatrout and a keeper sized Flounder. We hit one more spot, caught a few baitstealers, then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Yesterday morning was some really tough fishing. The Northeast winds had blown the water in and made the high tide even higher and we struggled to find a bite, much less to find a fish! But yesterday afternoon as the water came out of the grass we found some fish. The Raynor group had set up two boats through Captain Jeff Crumpton and I was the lucky 2nd boat! I had Anne Raynor, her sister Judy and brother in law Herb and their friend Mary on my boat and we pointed it south to fish the Horsehead area on the outgoing tide. We found an oyster bank to cruise and when Mary hooked up with something big I thought "big Redfish". But this fish kept going then held on the bottom and I knew it was a late season shark. It was group effort landing the 3 foot long beast but these ladies were up to the task and after a long battle we landed the fish, snapped some pictures and threw it back. Again, Mary had a strong hookup and a long shark fight insued. And again the ladies landed an even biger Shark. Then a third shark was caught by Anne and landed. Three big Bonnethead Sharks were landed on light tackle by these ladies! When Judy had a strong hookup I thought, "oh boy, here we go again", bu this fish, even though it was putting up a good battle, didn't hang to the bottom but zipped around the boat. Judy played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Jack Crevalle. We made a move around to the Nassau River side of Horsehead, fished a nice runout, and here Anne pefected here jig fishing technique. She landed three feisty Reddfish, a hungry Seatrout and a keeper sized Flounder. We hit one more spot, caught a few baitstealers, then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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