Greg Melasky and his wife were visiting Amelia Island from Texas and Greg decided to take in a backcountry fishing trip on
The Anglers Mark yesterday. I had a baitwell of live shrimp and mud minnows so we made our first stop at the docks of Long Pointe and eased along the docks with Greg pitching his minnow up to the pilings. We did have one good bite but what probably was a flounder turned it lose. We then headed up Nassau River and a made a couple of stops along the exposed oyster beds as the tide turned and began to come in. The weather was great but the wind made it almost impossible to work the bank the way we wanted and we had no real bites. Greg had mentioned that he had on his lucky shirt and with a couple of hours of fishing under our belts and no fish, I was beginning to wonder! We made a run to Broward Island's south end, turned the bow into the wind and current and began to work the long strewn bank and ....FISH ON! Greg had a strong hookup and then he fought the fish expertly, even though it was doggedly trying to throw the hook. We eventually netted a nice 22" slot Redfish. Not long after that Greg had another strong hookup, this one out deeper and shaking it's head. Greg, an accomplished angler, again played the fish beautifully and we netted a 20"+ Seatrout. NOTE that I almost titled this report "Keeper Streak" because Greg went on to catch three more nice Seatrout in the 18"-20" range before dropping down to some undersized fish. We ended the day tossing topwater lures over the now flooded oyster beds and Greg saw more action by hooking up to a large Ladyfish and having his lure rolled on by something of size, then we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!
Greg Melasky and his wife were visiting Amelia Island from Texas and Greg decided to take in a backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday. I had a baitwell of live shrimp and mud minnows so we made our first stop at the docks of Long Pointe and eased along the docks with Greg pitching his minnow up to the pilings. We did have one good bite but what probably was a flounder turned it lose. We then headed up Nassau River and a made a couple of stops along the exposed oyster beds as the tide turned and began to come in. The weather was great but the wind made it almost impossible to work the bank the way we wanted and we had no real bites. Greg had mentioned that he had on his lucky shirt and with a couple of hours of fishing under our belts and no fish, I was beginning to wonder! We made a run to Broward Island's south end, turned the bow into the wind and current and began to work the long strewn bank and ....FISH ON! Greg had a strong hookup and then he fought the fish expertly, even though it was doggedly trying to throw the hook. We eventually netted a nice 22" slot Redfish. Not long after that Greg had another strong hookup, this one out deeper and shaking it's head. Greg, an accomplished angler, again played the fish beautifully and we netted a 20"+ Seatrout. NOTE that I almost titled this report "Keeper Streak" because Greg went on to catch three more nice Seatrout in the 18"-20" range before dropping down to some undersized fish. We ended the day tossing topwater lures over the now flooded oyster beds and Greg saw more action by hooking up to a large Ladyfish and having his lure rolled on by something of size, then we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!
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