Big Flounder Tease These Anglers

 It was a bit chilly today! So much so that I ditched the fleece and went with the insulated North Face, and I'm glad I did! I met Bryan Roach and his fishing crew William and Shane up at Old Town Bait and Tackle and after easing out of Eagans Creek we made a run down the intracoastal to fish some structure on a tide that had been going out for a couple of hours. We went with jigs and minnows and shrimp tossed up close to some rocks. The bite wasn't "on fire" but we did get a big fish - Shane had gone up to the edge with an excellent cast, felt the "thump", set the hook, and patiently brought to the net a big 18" Flounder - out of season but still a nice fish to "knock the skunk off"! Almost at the same time Bryan was battling to the boat a nice feisty Redfish. We fished that area for a while, then ran back to Piney Island and fished some dock pilings, but had just nibbles. 

Back at Soap Creek we stuck with the jigs - the oysters were really showing. Brian kicked it off with a Redfish catch, then the trio caught and landed a handful those smaller Redfish, a Seatrout, and another Flounder. We then made the long run back down Lanceford and up the Bell to fish some dock. Shane piut a nice keeper sized Seatrout in the boat. Around the corner and into the Jolley, at JC's Spot we set up and fished some oyster shells with a couple of gaps draining the marsh. Even though the wind was kicking up we still caught a good handful of fish - Redfish, Trout and again, Flounder. One of those Reds William hauled in was of Slot size and then he wrapped it up with another 18" Flounder catch - that was two big ones that had to go back!  I think we had 4-5 Flounder for the day. We headed back to the ramp - it was cool but sunny, we had a couple of fish in the box, so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.