Saltwater Fishing 101

Michael and Loraine Belcon were visiting Amelia Island with their two sons Michael and Max and decided to take in an Amelia Island backwater fishing trip on The Anglers Mark. We left the Atlantic Seafood boat ramp and headed up to the outside of Tiger Island, dropped anchor and fished the covered oyster beds with a live shrimp under float. Although we had numerous bites, there were no takers, so we pulled up and ran to Jolley River to fish a large creek mouth. It wasn't long before all the anglers were getting bites then Michael Sr. had a good bite on a jig/shrimp combo and his drag ripped out, FISH ON! He fought the fish expertly, the FINS Braided line held, and after a long battle we netted a nice Bonnethead Shark for pictures an release. Moments later, Michael Jr. had a good bite and his drag began to rip out too! He fought the fish from bow to stern and back to bow and we again netted a large Bonnethead, took pictures and released it. We went back to the inside of Tiger Island where the anglers again had bites with Michael Jr. catching a couple of Croaker while his dad had something nice almost to the boat, but it threw the hook, OUCH! We eventually move to the outside of Tiger and the bite really picked up at almost full high tide. Max landed a very big Blue and the group added a few more Blues, Croaker, Pin Fish, Trout and Black Drum before we called it a day, another great one to be out on the water!