9 year old sets the bar high!

Hugh John McDonald and his two kids, Cameron and Heather, were visiting Amelia Island all the way from Hermosa Beach, California and took in two fun filled days of fishing on The Anglers Mark.  The first day we launched from the south end Sawpit Creek ramp and headed up to the Horsehead area, making our first stop at Bubblegum Reef.  Forest Gump would have been proud because we had out jigs and shrimp, shrimp under floats, and shrimp on the bottom!  It wasn't long before the rod with the bottom rig started bouncing and 9 year old Heather grabbed the rod and started cranking.  They whole crew pitched in and helped as the battle wore on but the large Redfish finally succumbed and came to Hugh John's net to be weighed in at 7.5lbs and 26 inches!  Wow, what a start!  We had a few bites there then moved on to Seymore's point where Cameron got in on the catching by expertly landing another feisty Redfish, doubling up with his dad who was hauling in another.  Our next stop was Broward Island where the anglers picked up another Red or two, a couple of small Trout then Cameron yelled, "Fish On!" and had a battle on his hands with a nice keeper sized 18" Sea Trout.  

The next day we launched from Atlantic Seafood, made stops at Lanceford Creek,  Manatee Creek, and Tiger Island where Cameron boated a nice Bluefish.  We got in behind Tiger Island to get out of the wind and caught a few feisty Redfish and a couple of Trout.  With the bite kinda slow, we headed up to Jolley River and fished the bank where all anglers picked up a few small Trout.   We were all a little hungry so we headed up to St. Mary's for some lunch (the kids had pancakes!) then headed back to the Jolley River to fish the outgoing tide.  Fishing shrimp under floats, the Trout started biting, and with Cameron on the hot rod, he soon landed some keeper sized Trout.  We did a little whiting fishing near the Fort, saw some wild horses on Cumberland Island, then headed in, with two worn out kids counting it as couple of great days to be out on the water!