Perseverance Pays Off

The Rich Berlinghof family was in in town, visiting Amelia Island and Fernandina Beach all the way from Long Island, New York, and took in an backwater fishing charter with me as their guide on The Anglers Mark.  We met yesterday morning at the Atlantic Seafood dock and headed down the river to fish the flooded oyster beds and marsh grass.  The tide had just turned at 9am and we were tossing live shrimp under floats.  There weren't many bites but young Conner did get us on the board with a nice Seatrout catch.  We made a stop outside Tiger Island where Emily got the hot rod, catching a number of Blue fish.  We moved around to behind Tiger Island where Rich and his wife Deneel picked up a feisty Redfish apiece.  Our next stop was the docks at Lanceford Creek and Deneel added a nice, keeper sized Seatrout, caught on a live shrimp, on the bottom.  After a short break and the tide getting down low we decided to head back to Tiger Island and anchor up off the downed logs.  This proved to be a good decision because it wasn't long before the whole family was catching Redfish.  Luke, Emily, Richie and Conner all caught a couple of Redfish and then Deneel had a strong hookup and after a good battle, landed a 25" 5lb Redfish!  While we were getting this big Red de-hooked,  Rich had a good bite and he too landed a Slot Redfish for a double!  The sun was going down and a light sprinkle had begun so we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on Amelia Island waters!