Grand Slam Leads to Homerun

Local resident Andy Herrin had worked non-stop at  his job since last Christmas and when he finally got 4 days off he "got away from it all" and went fishing, with his two sons, Colton and Kyler.  We left the Atlantic Seafood dock early this morning and pointed The Anglers Mark up to the Jolley River with a couple hours left of a falling tide.  The oyster banks were well exposed and the anglers wasted no time, hooking up to some feisty Redfish in between hungry Croaker.  At our second stop Andy added a Seatrout and not long after completed his Amelia Island Inshore Slam by pulling in a Flounder.  Both Colton and Kyler added Redfish, and of course, the pesky Croaker.  When the tide changed we headed to the mouth of Jolley to fish the oyster lined bank and again found Croaker and other "baitstealers".  We had a good flurry of bites when Kyler had a strong bite.  He played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a keeper sized Trout.  Then it was Andy's turn with a rod bending fish - his turned out to be strong pulling Black Drum, adding to his Slam and then he hit a home run when he had another strong bite, a good battle, and we netted a nice Slot sized 21" Redfish.  Colton got in on the action with the biggest fish - a 3' Bonnethead Shark - and fought it like a pro until he decided to break it off.  We hit a couple of more spots, saw some manatee, and then headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!