Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Cuyler's Hot Spot

Dan Daughtry, his 8 year old son Cuyler, and Dan's dad Jim were all treated to a Father's Day Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark by Dan's wife, Ginger.  We left the City marina at 7am sharp and headed up river to fish the outside of Tiger Island.  The tide was high and just starting out so we tossed out some live shrimp under floats.  Fish were biting and Jim began to hook up with aggressive Blue fish.  We moved on to the mouth of Tiger, anchored and soon were joined by a family of Manatee.  You can't beat fishing out one side of the boat while Manatee are rolling around on the other!  Cuyler began to catch fish and we soon found that he had the hot rod because he began to yell, "I got a fish" each time he hooked up.  He caught a Redfish, a couple of Trout and Blues.  We proclaimed the area Cuylers Hot Spot!
Later we ran up to Jolley River and fished a large run out.  The Hot Rod switched to Grandad Jim who caught a nice Trout and then had a strong hookup and his drag ripped out.  Jim played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice Bonnethead Shark.  Fishing the banks of Jolley, Jim added another Redfish to his catch and later Dan hooked up with Redfish and Trout, then we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!

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