Big Trout Bottom Fish

Gordon Duff of Tifton, Georgia treated his grandson Ethan to a backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday.  We made our first stop outside of Tiger Island, fishing the grass line just as the tide had started out.  It wasn't long before the anglers were hooking up to Seatrout, albeit just undersized.  We made a quick stop behind the island with no real bites then headed up to Jolley River to fish a large creek runout.  Ethan was manning a rod with heavy jig tipped with shrimp in hopes that we'd pick up a shark.  The rod tip jerked and Ethan grabbed the rod only to have it make a deep bend and the drag began to scream as the fish made a run. He fought the fish perfectly while I prepared the net and made my plan to toss the shark onto the deck of the boat when Ethan yelled, "TROUT"!  He finished the battle and we netted a very nice 22" 3.5lb Seatrout.  Later we had a huge Ray come out of the water as all three of us were looking out to the river and what an awesome site it was! We finished the day fishing 1/4oz jigs and shrimp along the oyster beds and picked up two feisty Redfish, then called it another great day to be on the water!