When Mills Gallivan and his wife Carol Anne, along with their friends Bill and Kathy Coates walked up to the boat ramp at Atlantic Seafood yesterday afternoon I gave them the same disclaimer I'd given that morning, "the wind's howling, but we can run west and get in behind a land mass, but that's where we'll be all day". These anglers were game and ready to have a great time out on the water, so we headed out, got a little wet crossing the river, but eventually found some protection from the wind. It was so nice that most of us shed wind jackets and enjoyed the sunshine! The fish were still biting and soon all the anglers were catching fish. We had a few keeper sized Seatrout and a whole bunch of 16-18" Redfish. With 12-15 fish caught and released and the bite slowing down, we made a move to the south, but to a spot still protected from the wind. Upon anchoring, the lines weren't out for more than a few minutes when floats started disappearing and the catching commenced again! Kathy was keeping an eagle eye on her float and was hauling in fish, but Carol Anne, Mills, and Bill joined her to catch their share, too. Then, Mills made a pin-point cast up by some marsh grass, his float disappeared, and the drag ripped out, FISH ON! He played the fish perfectly and after a good battle, brought to net a nice 24" Slot Redfish! Again, the group landed another 12-15 fish at this spot and the big slot Red rounded out another great day to be fishing on Amelia Island!
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