No Steak Tonight

Gordon Duff was visiting Amelia Island again and treated his two grandsons Ethan and Vincent to an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark. We left the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp at the City Marina and headed up river to fish the outside of Tiger Island.  We began a troll along the flooded beach where bait was getting popped and Ethan tossed a topwater lure, "walking the dog" expertly.  I was throwing a smaller popping lure and we both had numerous hits but no takers.  We anchored up at a grassy area and tossed out live shrimp under floats and it wasn't long before both young men were catching fish.  We boated a number of Redfish to 17", Ethan added a couple of Trout, and of course, the summer time ever present Bluefish.  Our next stop was at the docks of Lanceford where we had a few bites and picked up a nice Flounder, completing early the Amelia Island Inshore Slam!  We ran up to Jolley Bank and fished the now exposed oysters and Ethan worked the bank with a jig/Gulp Shrimp and again caught a couple of Redfish, just under sized.   At out last stop, the current was running out of a large creek and we had a good hard bite up near the oysters and FISH ON!  Vincent cranked the reel, I held the Rod, Grandad took pictures, and Ethan netted the Big fish for a team effort in boating a nice 22" Slot Redfish for dinner tonight!  After that, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!