Those Feisty Redfish

I fished again today with the Richardson men, Allen and his son
Mark and son-in-law Jason.  This time we met at the Atlantic Seafood dock in Fernandina  Beach and ran north to fish the Jolley River on the first of an outgoing tide.  The grass was still flooded and it took a while to get some bites but when they came, boy did we get some bites!  Jason was 2 for 2 starting things off, catching the first fish of both days, this time a hungry Seatrout, which he proved adept at!  We fished around a large creek mouth and as we got to the other side the fish caching heated up.  All three anglers began to catch fun to feisty Redfish - not a lot of size to them, but fun to catch.  These fish are ranging between 12"-16" in length and appear to be adding some girth.  Jason had one fish hit hard and break the braided line, taking hook, float and some line.  Twice we saw the float pop up near the grass so we made a plan to grab the float and net the fish in one swoop.  But the fish attached was having none of it.  On the second try we retrieved the float and hook, but no fish!  Mark was at the bow of the boat and when he had a stronger hookup we knew this was a bigger fish.  He played the fish perfectly and patiently and soon landed a nice Slot 22" Redfish.  We dropped back to fish Jolley Bank and again the fish catching heated up.  There was a few times where we had "double" hookups and almost a triple.  The anglers were landing Redfish, Ladyfish, Blues, Jack Crevalle, Perch and Jason added a keeper sized Seatrout.  Our last stop was over at Bell River, fishing some docks and here Allen put a nice Redfish in the boat and Jason added one more Seatrout. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing Amelia Island waters!