We had a beautiful morning today, clear skies and sunny, a bit cool, but a great day to be out on Amelia Island waters. I met Verne Murray and his son--in-law Pete down at the City docks and headed up to Tiger Island to fish a tide that had been coming in for a couple of hours. The anglers tossed jigs and live shrimp to the deep bottom and had a few bites here and there before Verne knocked "the skunk off" by landing a hungry Seatrout. We continued to fish the area, had some bites but no takers, then headed up to fish the Jolley River and Jolley Bank. Again, they had bites, this time on float rigs with shrimp underneath, and eventually Verne picked up another Seatrout, this one somewhat fatter than the first. Our next stop was further up Jolley where we fished the mouth of a creek then we eased into the creek. Verne again landed a Seatrout and Pete was beginning to feel the pressure of a potential "skunk" on the fishing trip! But no, only moments after he switched to a jig/shrimp combo he had a subtle bite and even though we knew it was a fish it first seemed rather small but then the fish took off, FISH ON! Now it began to fight, running off the stern for a good 40yards, ripping the drag and putting a deep bend in the rod. Then the fish went under the boat, around the stern and back to the bow. It ran between the trolling motor and boat to where Pete had to pass the rod between the two, but he kept the pressure on and stayed with the fish. After a couple of more trips around the boat Pete was able to tire the big fish out and we soon netted a 3 1/2' Bonnethead Shark! Boy what a fight! We fished the area for just a little while, hit one more spot, then called it a day, another great one to be fishing Amelia Island waters!
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