Jacksonville Florida resident Mike Kaiser had set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip for yesterday morning with his daughter Kathryn so I met them at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 8am to fish the first of an outgoing tide. We headed north to fish the flooded oyster beds outside of Tiger Island with live shrimp under float rigs. Good for me that Mike and Kathryn were patient anglers because the water was still way up in the grass and we had no real bites at the first areas we fished. But we were treated to the procession of a submarine leaving Kings Bay and heading out to the ocean. We eventually made run up to the Jolley River and found a nice marsh runout to fish. Mike hooked up with a nice hungry Seatrout then Kathryn followed it up with one of her own. We fished Snook Creek with no luck then headed back to fish Jolley Bank. I switched the two to jigs/shrimp even though the oysters were still covered but these two worked the rig perfectly and both landed some feisty Redfish. Our last stop was at Tiger Island and here the anglers patience paid off. Kathryn had the hot rod, landing a number of Redfish, Seatrout and a Sheepshead to round out her very own Amelia Island Backcountry Slam, and Mike got his too, by picking up a Flounder along with Reds and Trout. It was a beautiful morning and a great day to be fishing out on Amelia Island waters! Can you find the raccoon in one of the pictures?
Jacksonville Florida resident Mike Kaiser had set up an Amelia Island back country fishing trip for yesterday morning with his daughter Kathryn so I met them at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 8am to fish the first of an outgoing tide. We headed north to fish the flooded oyster beds outside of Tiger Island with live shrimp under float rigs. Good for me that Mike and Kathryn were patient anglers because the water was still way up in the grass and we had no real bites at the first areas we fished. But we were treated to the procession of a submarine leaving Kings Bay and heading out to the ocean. We eventually made run up to the Jolley River and found a nice marsh runout to fish. Mike hooked up with a nice hungry Seatrout then Kathryn followed it up with one of her own. We fished Snook Creek with no luck then headed back to fish Jolley Bank. I switched the two to jigs/shrimp even though the oysters were still covered but these two worked the rig perfectly and both landed some feisty Redfish. Our last stop was at Tiger Island and here the anglers patience paid off. Kathryn had the hot rod, landing a number of Redfish, Seatrout and a Sheepshead to round out her very own Amelia Island Backcountry Slam, and Mike got his too, by picking up a Flounder along with Reds and Trout. It was a beautiful morning and a great day to be fishing out on Amelia Island waters! Can you find the raccoon in one of the pictures?
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