Those Trout

I was back to work today, fishing with the Ankney "boys",  Carson, Cooper, Christian and their brother-in-law Blake. We met early this morning up at the Old Town Bait and Tackle boat ramp and after easing thru the no-wake zone we headed up to the Jolley River and turned into the current (what there was) and began to toss float rigs and live shrimp up to the grass on  a tide that was high but still coming in. 

We tangled with  some Shark (one spooled Blake and is still heading west) we picked up a small Jack and a small Redfish. After moving up the river to a point we stopped and fished it and this was the "honey hole" of the day. Blake quickly put a nice Seatrout on the boat then it was a scramble to keep the lines out catching fish. These anglers ended up with 4 keeper sized Seatrout, the biggest being right at 19", one that Cooper and Carson teamed  up on. We threw back a good handful of  small Trout. They also caught a handful of small Redfish, a couple of Jacks, and a Bonnethead Shark. 

After running back to the outside of Tyger we fished one side of a creek and picked up a small Trout, then we crossed over to fill a spot where a boat had just left and had pretty good action catching small Redfish and a couple of small Flounder. We ran thru Tyger and around to Lanceford Creek and here Cooper found a good spot up by the grass and pulled out a few Redfish, all on the same beat up Mud Minnow.

We finished the day over in Soap Creek where Christian came alive, catching a high flying Ladyfish and the only Catfish of the day. We had a good box of Trout so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida. 

Captain Lawrence Piper is a fishing guide in Fernandina Beach on Amelia Island, Florida and is a 

 US Coast Guard licensed charter boat operator