Knockin the Door Down on Bragging Rights

We've had outstanding weather this week for fishing out of Fernandina Beach and Amelia Island, Florida.  I met Bill Kennedy, his son Scott, and his son-in-law Ricky down at the Atlantic Seafood dock and as we ran north there was actually a cool tingle to the air and slightly overcast skies.  We made our first stop at Jolley Bank, fishing an outgoing tide,  and within minutes Ricky had knocked the "skunk" off, landing a nice keeper sized Seatrout.  From then on the anglers stayed busy catching small "rat" Reds, a
couple of small Trout, a Blue, a Jack Crevalle, and a Whiting,  then Bill added a keeper sized Flounder to the box.  He also picked up a nice keeper sized Seatrout, too.  Scott had probably the biggest fish on for a short 15 seconds but there's a reason why it is big - it burrowed in the oysters and cut itself off!    We continued to fish Jolley Bank, catching a good handful of the small Redfish, then made a run around to Tiger Island.   Both Bill and Scott put bigger Redfish in the boat then Ricky had another hookup and when the fish stayed on the bottom we knew it was a big flounder.  He played the fish patiently and after a good battle landed a 20.25" Flounder, putting him in first place in The Anglers Mark 2014 Bragging Rights Tournament -Flounder Category! (Scroll down right side of this report for standings).  We fished the whole area, picked up a couple of smaller Flounder, then another keeper sized Seatrout before we made one last stop at the Fort Clinch jetties.  Scott landed a few Rock Bass then Bill put a 16" Flounder in the boat.  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out fishing Amelia Island waters!