Pleasant Slams

I fished with the William Pleasant family Monday, doing a morning trip then taking a break to follow up with a late afternoon trip.  Visiting Amelia Island from North Carolina, William and his two sons, Ben and Alex, met me at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early and we pointed The Anglers Mark up the intercoastal to the mouth of Jackstaff where the anglers soon began to pick up Redfish and Trout on their jig/shrimp combo.  The tide was still going out and the oyster beds were exposed with the water temperature at around 77 degrees.  We fished the area for an hour or so and Ben, who already had boated a Trout and Red, hooked up and caught a nice Flounder, completing his Inshore Slam.  William and Alex both came close on their own, but combined to complete a Slam of their own.  William had an 11 spot Redfish that would have been a "money fish" in the Jacksonville Redfish Spot Tournament.   We fished briefly at Bubblegum Reef where Ben picked up another Red then we headed to Broward Island and as soon as the tide changed to come back in the anglers were catching Reds and Trout.  Later that afternoon the trio added some help when William's wife, Shannon, decided to join us.  We started at the docks of Lanceford.  The wind had picked up and the tide still had not started back out so we headed to the shelter of Tiger Island where Shannon contributed by hooking up and expertly playing a couple of keeper sized Trout.  We caught a few more Trout there then headed up to Jolley River where Ben caught a big shark, then a couple of more keeper sized Trout.  Alex caught his shark, too!  After a day of fishing, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!