Hot Then Cold Then Hot

I had the pleasure of fishing with Daniel Tillotson and his adult son Paul again, meeting them up at the north end boat ramp early this morning. We took advantage of the first of an incoming tide and ran around to fish the logs of Tiger. It was a good move! We were fishing jigs and live shrimp for the most part and Daniel got things started when he hooked up and landed a feisty Redfish, then Paul followed that up with two Slot Sized Reds. Daniel finished the spot with a nice 18" keeper sized Flounder - this one caught on a mud minnow - wouldn't you know it!

We left and headed up to the Jolley River, fished the "bank" and had.....zero bites! Ouch.
Continuing on, we made a stop at the edges of Snook Creek. This edge was really looking good, but again, no bites, until finally, Paul's float went under, he hooked up, and landed a keeper sized Seatrout.

We buzzed back towards the island, ran thru Tiger and over to Bell River and fished some flooding oysters beds. Daniel had a huge bite, a good battle, one that ripped his drag and I felt sure it was a BIG Redfish but it got all the way on the other side of the oysters and sure enough, the 15# braid was sliced. Fish Off!  But Daniel kept fishing the "hot spot" and he soon landed the biggest Slot Red of the day, and followed that up with another keeper sized Seatrout.

Our last spot was back near the boat ramp. Paul did battle with a big Bonnethead Shark then Daniel wrapped things up by putting the biggest Seatrout in the boat. We were also treated to a big Ray sighting!  It was a beautiful day for father and son to meet up at Amelia Island and get out on the water for some great fishing.