We ran up the river to Snook Creek, fished a very fishy looking bank, and again they caught a couple of small Reds, then Renner hooked up and landed a keeper sized Seatrout and hard fighting Jack Crevalle. We moved up in the creek and here Keith won a hard fought battle with a 3' Bonnethead Shark.
We finished he day over at Poteat Cut, now fishing the very first of an outgoing
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 then came back to Horsehead, ran thru, and around to Poteat Cut and set up again along a marsh line. Tom drifted long and caught a hungry Seatrout and then we also got another Jack or two. Moving back into Jackstaff, we worked another bank and this paid off. Ricky had made a good cast to a point of grass that had some oyster shell extending from it and just as he began to reel it back in, BAM! Big Fish On! Ricky played it perfectly and after a good battle landed a nice 20" Slot sized Redfish.
Our final stop was back at some rocks at Nassauville, now throwing jigs and live shrimp. The bite was immediate and you had to be ready! This duo of anglers had to weed thru some small Mangroves, but they were able to box a good handful of keeper sized fish, the biggest being a bit over 14" that David caught. The sun was overhead and the breeze had stopped but as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
I've fished with the Maron family for over 10 years. When they would visit Amelia Island Mike Maron would make sure to arrange a fishing trip, and sometimes two, to get everyone out on the water and get some family fishing time in. It was always a pleasure to get to fish with Mike and his family and I looked forward to seeing them each year.
Unfortunately I learned that Mike passed away this week. I went back into my archives and found some old photo's of Mike and his family fishing on my boat. I have to admit that it saddens me greatly to hear of his passing. Mike was a good guy. We lost a good one this week.
We fished up in Jackstaff with the floats for a bit - picked up a couple of nice Mangrove Snapper, then made a run thru Horsehead and down to Back River and set up drifting the floats along some now exposed shell. They must have "let the school out" because these two anglers caught caught 12" Redfish, one after the other. Garland battled a hard fighting Jack Crevalle to the boat, then we move on.
After fishing Spanish Drop on the last of an outgoing tide, we made a short run over to some rocks at Nassauville and filled our limit catching Mangrove Snapper, the biggest being right at 13". We were fishing jigs and shrimp on the bottom. As we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
Henry hooked up and landed a hard fighting Jack Crevalle, the PRETTIEST FISH, and Jen followed it uip with another sharp toothed fish, a Bluefish. Ted caught a couple of small Flounder then he put a keeper sized Flounder in the boat. They tangled with a couple of high flying Ladyfish
Brad "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up out deep, and after playing it perfectly, brought to the net a keeper sized Weakfish (Yellow Mouth Trout, Sand Trout). We worked along the bank and both anglers hauled in some small but feisty Redfish. We also tangled with some Ladyfish and Jack Crevalle and a Catfish.. After moving up to a large drainage, we added another couple of small Reds and a couple of hungry Seatrout (which made it an Amelia Island Back Country Slam).
We fished a dock at Seymores and pulled out one keeper sized Mangrove Snapper, then made our way down to Broward Island to catch the first of an incoming tide. Which was a waste - we didn't get a real bite. We then moved up to Pumpkin Hill and fished it thoroughly and had some good action catching small "Rat" Reds, and a handful of Seatrout. We had stayed busy with action for the most part so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
We moved up to a large drainage and here Michael put a keeper sized Flounder in the boat and we picked up a couple of more Seatrout out deep. We then fished some dock pilings on the first of an incoming tide and although not much was biting , we did catch a small Croaker. After running thru Horsehead and fishing the mouth of Jackstaff with the jigs, we came back thru and set up to fish some rocks with float rigs and pieces of shrimp. And almost immediately, we were putting keeper sized Mangrove Snapper in the box. We caught fish until this duo reached their 5-a-piece limit, then we culled a couple, then we moved on.
During the trip both anglers had brief battles with Sharks but we did land one for a quick release. The breeze had blown all day and we had some good action so as we headed back to the ramp we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
