Fish Catch'n a Little Better

It seems like the fish bite is getting just a little better the last few days.  It may be due to the moon phase or the water being a little cooler, but we've had some pretty good trips lately.  I fished with Greg Adams, his son Chris, and their friend and work mate Kent today.  We met at the Altantic Seafood dock and headed up river to fish the dock pilings of Eagans Creek with jigs and mud minnows on the last of an outgoing tide.  It only took a few casts before the anglers were hooking up but the fish were big enough to burrow
back into the pilings and break themselves off!  But young Chris was up to the challenge and when he had a strong hookup he worked the big fish out and then patiently played it until he landed a nice Slot Redfish!  The two other anglers joined in and we caught fish for a good 2 hours - Redfish and some small Seatrout.  Many of the Reds were undersized but both Greg and Chris worked through them and were able to put a few more Slot Sized fish in the boat.  When the bite slowed we made a run up to the Jolley River and here Kent's rod heated up.  He was working the back of the boat and landed a good handful of feisty Redfish, a nice Seatrout, and a keeper sized Flounder to get his Amelia Island Back Country Slam.  Both Greg and Chris picked up fish too.  It was a good stretch of water with plenty of bites but not too many in the keeper size.  We made one last stop at Tiger Island before heading in, counting it as another great day to be fishing Amelia Island waters!