Ken Wood and his son Nick had this morning as their only window of opportunity to fish so they made an early morning trip down from Jeckyll Island, Georgia to meet me at the City marina. The weather forecast called for a light rain but only a slight breeze so we all packed rain gear and headed out to fish the backwaters of Amelia Island. We made our first stop behind Tiger Island and fished the incoming tide with jigs and shrimp, tossed up near the downed logs. It took awhile for the fish to begin to bite but once they did the anglers were busy for about 2 hours. Ken had the hot rod early and hauled in two or three Redfish, then Nick got in on the action and caught a couple. Ken was getting his way out deep and he had a couple of battles with some Slot sized Redfish that almost went too big! Nick added a couple of Slot's and after we moved he picked up some keeper sized 18" plus Seatrout, caught on a Contender lure with twin red tails and a white body. Ken wanted a Trout too and after making a long cast to the shoreline he hooked up and had a good battle with a 20" Trout that fought all the way back to the boat. The bite slowed so we moved to the outside of Tiger Island, fished it with float rigs, then hit Temptation Cove and Lanceford Creek but didn't get much more than a nibble as the tide began to ebb. We'd been rained on and swarmed with gnats, but as we headed in, we called it a great day to be fishing on Amelia Island waters!
Ken Wood and his son Nick had this morning as their only window of opportunity to fish so they made an early morning trip down from Jeckyll Island, Georgia to meet me at the City marina. The weather forecast called for a light rain but only a slight breeze so we all packed rain gear and headed out to fish the backwaters of Amelia Island. We made our first stop behind Tiger Island and fished the incoming tide with jigs and shrimp, tossed up near the downed logs. It took awhile for the fish to begin to bite but once they did the anglers were busy for about 2 hours. Ken had the hot rod early and hauled in two or three Redfish, then Nick got in on the action and caught a couple. Ken was getting his way out deep and he had a couple of battles with some Slot sized Redfish that almost went too big! Nick added a couple of Slot's and after we moved he picked up some keeper sized 18" plus Seatrout, caught on a Contender lure with twin red tails and a white body. Ken wanted a Trout too and after making a long cast to the shoreline he hooked up and had a good battle with a 20" Trout that fought all the way back to the boat. The bite slowed so we moved to the outside of Tiger Island, fished it with float rigs, then hit Temptation Cove and Lanceford Creek but didn't get much more than a nibble as the tide began to ebb. We'd been rained on and swarmed with gnats, but as we headed in, we called it a great day to be fishing on Amelia Island waters!
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