Waiting on the Wind

Brent Gore and I postponed our scheduled Amelia Island backwater fishing trip from yesterday morning until the afternoon due to the high winds, gusting to 30mph.  We saw that they were going to die down by noon and the conditions would gradually get better as the afternoon wore on so we planned to meet down at the marina at 2pm.  Brent and his wife, Julie were in town celebrating their wedding anniversary and staying at the Blue Heron Inn, just a short walk to the marina.  By the time 2pm rolled around, Brent and I were both chomping at the bit to get out on the water and do some fishing.  The tide was still going out so we headed up Lanceford Creek to fish the dock pilings and oyster beds and we hadn't been anchored long before we were hooking up with feisty Redfish.  A couple were more than feisty and turned out to be in the Slot size!  We landed about 7-8 fish, trolled an oyster bank at slack tide, then headed over to Tiger Island to catch the first of the incoming tide.  We found that the best tactic to catch fish was to fish our jig/shrimp combo slower than slow and we picked up a few more Reds, a fat, keeper sized Trout, and a couple of more hungry Trout.  Brett wrapped the day up by hooking up with a hard fighting fish and after expertly working the fish to the boat, we netted a nice 21" Slot Red!  With the sun going down, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be on the water!