What a stormy week! After days of canceled trips due to wind and rain, I was able to get out on the water yesterday with Phillip Bechter and his son Marc. We met down at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp early and headed up the Nassau River to fish the first of an incoming tide. I think we were a little late getting to Bubblegum Reef 'cause we had no real bites on our jig and shrimp combo. But we made a run upriver to Broward Island and sure enough the tide was still going out! Phillip and Marc began to work the bottom with their jigs and soon began to get fish - feisty Redfsh and hungry Seatrout. Then Phillip had a hookup that bent his rod a little more than the others and this fish had a little more fight in him. After patiently playing the fish, Phillip landed a nice Slot 19.5" Redfish. We continued to fish the area and were joined by a pair of majestic Bald Eagles who watched our every cast! Phillip found a Sheepshead "honey hole" while Mark worked a likely spot, pulling a couple of Seatrout out and then a nice 14.5" Flounder that move him into first place in the Anglers Mark 2014 Bragging Rights Tournament -Flounder Category. Scroll down right side of this report for standings. They added one Black "puppy" Drum to give them 5 species of game fish -Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder, Sheepshead and Drum - an Amelia Island Back Country "Super" Slam! With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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