Today was one of those mornings when you stand at the boat ramp with 17mph winds blowing and wonder if you shouldn't cancel the trip. But my guests Chris and Nik Bremer were game for some Christmas Eve fishing so we headed out with our jackets held tight and heads bowed to the wind. We finally found a land mass to get out of the wind and the two anglers began to cast their jigs and shrimp to the oyster beds and dock pilings. I think Nik said it was his second cast and BOOM! FISH ON! He played the feisty Redfish to the boat and quickly knocked the skunk off the old
Anglers Mark. Shortly after that, BOOM! Fish ON! This big Red measured just in the slot at 26.75"! And that's how the fishing went for the next 4 hours. Of course Chris was not be out done and he caught and landed his share of Slot reds and the smaller feisty Reds, too. I counted at least 9 slot Reds landed and we had 2-3 lost to be caught another day. We lost track of the smaller feisty Redfish caught released. They also had 7-8 nice Black "Puppy Drum" with 3 of those of the keeper size, landed one nice keeper sized Sheepshead and threw back one hungry Seatrout - all adding up to an Amelia Island Back Country "Grand" Slam of Redfish, Black Drum, Sheepshead and Seatrout. The sun was shining, the wind was blocked and the fishing was hot all day so we counted it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
Today was one of those mornings when you stand at the boat ramp with 17mph winds blowing and wonder if you shouldn't cancel the trip. But my guests Chris and Nik Bremer were game for some Christmas Eve fishing so we headed out with our jackets held tight and heads bowed to the wind. We finally found a land mass to get out of the wind and the two anglers began to cast their jigs and shrimp to the oyster beds and dock pilings. I think Nik said it was his second cast and BOOM! FISH ON! He played the feisty Redfish to the boat and quickly knocked the skunk off the old Anglers Mark. Shortly after that, BOOM! Fish ON! This big Red measured just in the slot at 26.75"! And that's how the fishing went for the next 4 hours. Of course Chris was not be out done and he caught and landed his share of Slot reds and the smaller feisty Reds, too. I counted at least 9 slot Reds landed and we had 2-3 lost to be caught another day. We lost track of the smaller feisty Redfish caught released. They also had 7-8 nice Black "Puppy Drum" with 3 of those of the keeper size, landed one nice keeper sized Sheepshead and threw back one hungry Seatrout - all adding up to an Amelia Island Back Country "Grand" Slam of Redfish, Black Drum, Sheepshead and Seatrout. The sun was shining, the wind was blocked and the fishing was hot all day so we counted it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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