Saturday, April 23, 2011

Call'in His Shots

Libby Wilkes had her daughter Margaret and her grandson Will visiting Amelia Island and wanted to take in some backcountry fishing on The Anglers Mark today.  We left the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp at 7:30am and headed up to fish the banks of Tiger Island as the tide started back in.  It wasn't long before Will had a hookup and was soon reeling in a nice Redfish.  As we trolled the log-strewn bank he caught a couple more Reds and a fat SeaTrout.  We eventually moved on and ran up to the Jolley River where I started trolling the exposed oyster banks.  Will had just said he sure would like to catch a shark when BOOM!  Fish On! and his line was ripping out, heading up river!  Will fought the fish expertly and went around and around the boat with the Finns Braided Line keeping the fish under control.  The catch became a team effort and we soon netted the Shark for pictures and release.  What a fish!  We continued on up the bank, fished a little, moved on to another creek where Will caught two more Sharks.  After a tour of Cumberland Island and Fort Clinch we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water!

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