The weatherman said today was going to be a perfect 10 and he nailed it! I met tom Teasdale and his friend Justin Crandall at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 1pm to take advantage of a falling afternoon tide and we headed up Lanceford Creek to fish the back country on a beautiful Amelia Island afternoonI had planned to fish some docks but I guess some of the local anglers had taken the day off because they were out in full force! We made a detour to fish some flooded oyster beds but had no real bites so we headed north to fish the Tiger Islands. This turned out to be the trick because Tom and Justin began to pick up some fish. We found the Trout down deep and by fishing a shrimp or mud minnow slowly we could entice them to bite. Justin knocked the skunk off the boat by landing a couple of Seatrout then Tom got in on th action. Justin countered with a feisty Redfish but when Tom had a strong hookup I thought, "Big Red", and the fight was on. He played the big fish patiently but when it finally came to the surface we saw stripes, and landed a nice Sheepshead! The anglers continued to fish the area, picked up more Trout and then Justin landed a sizable Sheepshead, too. More Reds were caught, more Trout were caught, and a couple of feisty Sheepshead, then Tom had another strong hookup and I thought, "Big Red". But no, this time it was a sizable Puppy Drum! The anglers caught fish until they ran out of bait then switched to artificial Temptation Baits and landed a few more fish. The water was slick as a pond, the skies were clear, and the sun was going down when we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
The weatherman said today was going to be a perfect 10 and he nailed it! I met tom Teasdale and his friend Justin Crandall at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 1pm to take advantage of a falling afternoon tide and we headed up Lanceford Creek to fish the back country on a beautiful Amelia Island afternoonI had planned to fish some docks but I guess some of the local anglers had taken the day off because they were out in full force! We made a detour to fish some flooded oyster beds but had no real bites so we headed north to fish the Tiger Islands. This turned out to be the trick because Tom and Justin began to pick up some fish. We found the Trout down deep and by fishing a shrimp or mud minnow slowly we could entice them to bite. Justin knocked the skunk off the boat by landing a couple of Seatrout then Tom got in on th action. Justin countered with a feisty Redfish but when Tom had a strong hookup I thought, "Big Red", and the fight was on. He played the big fish patiently but when it finally came to the surface we saw stripes, and landed a nice Sheepshead! The anglers continued to fish the area, picked up more Trout and then Justin landed a sizable Sheepshead, too. More Reds were caught, more Trout were caught, and a couple of feisty Sheepshead, then Tom had another strong hookup and I thought, "Big Red". But no, this time it was a sizable Puppy Drum! The anglers caught fish until they ran out of bait then switched to artificial Temptation Baits and landed a few more fish. The water was slick as a pond, the skies were clear, and the sun was going down when we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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