Fat from yesterday's Thanksgiving meal(s), we decided to get in some Amelia Island back country fishing Friday morning. I had met Matt Block and his sons Dempsey, Copeland and Hunter down at the Atlantic Seafood dock and with a pretty good breeze blowing we headed north to fish the Tiger Islands. I had thought we'd get in some float fishing but as we entered Tiger Basin I saw that the oysters were well exposed on the outoing tide so we went with the jig and shrimp combo. And boy was the fishing on fire! These young anglers didn't waste any time putting fish in the boat, almost one after the other. They landed umpteen Redfish with at least three going 23", 24" and 25" and probably had a few others in the slot. Copeland had the biggest Red while Dempsey put the most in the boat. Hunter added a very large Flounder and caught a nice fat Trout, too. The Block brothers had what I'd call an "Amelia Island Grand Slam" by landing Redfish, Seatrout, Sheepshead and Flounder. We had a great time catching fish and headed then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Fat from yesterday's Thanksgiving meal(s), we decided to get in some Amelia Island back country fishing Friday morning. I had met Matt Block and his sons Dempsey, Copeland and Hunter down at the Atlantic Seafood dock and with a pretty good breeze blowing we headed north to fish the Tiger Islands. I had thought we'd get in some float fishing but as we entered Tiger Basin I saw that the oysters were well exposed on the outoing tide so we went with the jig and shrimp combo. And boy was the fishing on fire! These young anglers didn't waste any time putting fish in the boat, almost one after the other. They landed umpteen Redfish with at least three going 23", 24" and 25" and probably had a few others in the slot. Copeland had the biggest Red while Dempsey put the most in the boat. Hunter added a very large Flounder and caught a nice fat Trout, too. The Block brothers had what I'd call an "Amelia Island Grand Slam" by landing Redfish, Seatrout, Sheepshead and Flounder. We had a great time catching fish and headed then headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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