Beautiful Morning Slammed

Mike Maron is visiting Amleia Island with his family on a much deserved vacation so he scheduled an Amelia Island fishing trip on The Anglers Mark.  We met at the Big Talbot Island Park boat ramp this morning just before 7am, launched, and headed up the intercoastal to the mouth of Jackstaff.  The tide had been coming in for about an hour and a half, but the oysters were still showing so we started easing along the bank with Mike tossing a 1/4 jig/shrimp combo.  He had good bites the whole morning, picking up Ladyfish and Trout and then he had a hookup and his drag began to rip out, FISH ON!  He fought the fish expertly and went around and 'round the boat a couple of times with him making up some line then the fish ripping it back out, and then...pop....fish off!  Ouch.  It must have caught the leader just right and popped itself off. Mike persevered and he soon had another battle on his hands, this time the fish succomed and Mike brought to the net a 3' Bonnethead Shark  He had a couple more battles with the Shark's, one that spooled him and we added a Flounder in between.  Later, fishing at the Semour Point docks, Mike had something nibbling his shrimp under a float and when he deftly set the hook, a good fight insued.  Mike played it like a pro and we netted a quality keeper sized Sheepshead.  With the day warming up, we made one last stop at Broward Island to fish the flooded logs and we picked up a Slot Redfish, more than rounding out an Amelia Island Backcountry Slam of Trout, Flounder, Sheepshead, and Redfish!  We called it a day, another great one to the on the water!