Trout Attack

I had the pleasure of fishing again with Mike Kaiser and his daughter Kathryn today who drove up from the Jacksonville area this morning.  We had timed the trip to coincide with the high and outgoing tide.  Our first run was all the way up to the Jolley River and this paid off.  The two anglers hadn't been fishing but a few minutes when they began to hookup with Seatrout!  Both anglers put keeper sized fish in the boat although all fish were put back to be caught another day.  When Kathryn's rod bent over and drag began to rip out I knew she had a nice fish, FISH ON!  She played the fish patiently and we eventually netted a nice fat 19.5" Seatrout!  This fish move her into 3rd place in the Anglers Mark 2014 Bragging Rights Tournament-Trout Category! The two also put a good handful of feisty Redfish in the boat.  We fished Snook Creek for a while then ran back to Jolley Bank and although the bite wasn't as good as earlier, they picked up a couple of Trout and a Redfish.  Our last stop was at Tiger Island.  Both Mike and Kathryn were fishing hard and patiently and it paid off.  Every once in a while they'd land a Redfish or a Seatrout, then both of them put Sheepshead in the boat to round out their Amelia Island Backcountry Slam!  As the tide began to hit bottom the bite slowed so we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!