Fish Lost, Fish Gained

John Spagna, his son Anthony, and family were visiting Amelia Island and scheduled an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark.  We left the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at 7am this morning and headed up the Nassau River to catch the last few minutes of an outgoing tide.  We picked an oyster outcrop and dropped the trolling motor to quietly ease along, both anglers pitching 1/8 oz jigs with live shrimp.  They each had some bites then John had a hard bite and then the fight was on!  Then off!  The Redfish threw the hook!  At the next outcrop of oysters John had an even harder bite and this time he expertly fought the Redfish for a minute or so and...fish OFF!  The line broke.  OUCH!  But John was not to be deterred.  We fished the docks at Seymore's Pointe and as the tide started in, headed for Broward Island where bait was being busted on the south end of the island.  After trolling just a minute or two both anglers commented that they were getting bites, then John hooked up and brought in a nice Seatrout.  Shortly after he had another strong bite and this time everything held and he got his Redfish!  Anthony joined in on the action, getting a subtle bite, then his line felt heavy and he set the hook on a nice keeper sized Flounder.  John added a Flounder to complete his Amelia Island Inshore Slam then Anthony upped the ante by hooking up and bringing to the net an even bigger Flounder.  All of these fish were mixed in with a number of hungry Croaker!  We ran to Jackstaff and fished the now flooded oysters, but the fish had decided to take a break so we called it a day, another great one to be on the water!