Tracy Smith, along with his daughter Tara and her grandmother, Lyn took in a Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip this morning on
The Anglers Mark. And boy what a beautiful morning it was! There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was just cool enough and breezy enough to keep the sand gnats off of us. We headed up to Jolley River to fish the first of an incoming tide and on our first pass of an oyster lined bank the anglers began to pick up fish. Using light tackle gear and jigs tipped with live shrimp, they tossed to the base of the oysters, let it fall to the bottom, and slowly worked it back to the boat. BOOM! FISH ON! Both Tara and Lyn boated nice Seatrout with one in the keeper size then Tara reeled in a fiesty Redfish. Tracy got in on the action and hooked up with a hard fighting fish and played a nice Slot sized Redfish to the net. They added one more Slot Redfish then we moved on to Tiger Island to fish the downed logs. The tide was already up and the fish just weren't biting so we moved out to the outside and tried our luck with live shrimp under float rigs. Again, no hungry fish were found! We made a run down the river to south of Rayonier mill and fished the now flooded oyster flat and marsh grass. Even though the bite was not fast and furious, Tracy did hookup with a nice puppy drum and Lyn hauled in another Seatrout. Then, just as we were about to wrap the day up, a float went under and the drag began to rip out, BIG FISH ON! Tara fought the fish from bow to stern and
back to bow and even though the fish made a couple of runs, Tara kept the tension on and we eventually netted a big 24" Slot Redfish. What a way to end a great day out on Amelia Island waters!
Tracy Smith, along with his daughter Tara and her grandmother, Lyn took in a Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip this morning on The Anglers Mark. And boy what a beautiful morning it was! There wasn't a cloud in the sky and it was just cool enough and breezy enough to keep the sand gnats off of us. We headed up to Jolley River to fish the first of an incoming tide and on our first pass of an oyster lined bank the anglers began to pick up fish. Using light tackle gear and jigs tipped with live shrimp, they tossed to the base of the oysters, let it fall to the bottom, and slowly worked it back to the boat. BOOM! FISH ON! Both Tara and Lyn boated nice Seatrout with one in the keeper size then Tara reeled in a fiesty Redfish. Tracy got in on the action and hooked up with a hard fighting fish and played a nice Slot sized Redfish to the net. They added one more Slot Redfish then we moved on to Tiger Island to fish the downed logs. The tide was already up and the fish just weren't biting so we moved out to the outside and tried our luck with live shrimp under float rigs. Again, no hungry fish were found! We made a run down the river to south of Rayonier mill and fished the now flooded oyster flat and marsh grass. Even though the bite was not fast and furious, Tracy did hookup with a nice puppy drum and Lyn hauled in another Seatrout. Then, just as we were about to wrap the day up, a float went under and the drag began to rip out, BIG FISH ON! Tara fought the fish from bow to stern and 
back to bow and even though the fish made a couple of runs, Tara kept the tension on and we eventually netted a big 24" Slot Redfish. What a way to end a great day out on Amelia Island waters!
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