Dana Hannaford set up a Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip with his friends Tommy and Robert yesterday, so we launched The Anglers Mark at the Dee Dee Bartels boat ramp on the north end of the island and headed over to Tiger to fish the first of an outgoing tide. The anglers were tossing live shrimp under float rigs and were making good casts to the marsh grass, but we had no real bites. We headed up to Jolley River and fished a run out and found some hungry Seatrout. Even though they were fun to catch, there wasn't a whole lot of size to them so we found an oyster lined bank to fish. It wasn't long before Dana had a strong hookup and after a good, well fought battle, he worked in a nice 26" Slot Redfish! We worked the bank, making two or three passes and Robert picked up some feisty Redfish along with a nice Slot red, all caught on Gulp shrimp. Tommy added a keeper sized Trout and a nice Slot red. Later, the anglers picked up more feisty, but undersized Reds, but added another Slot to their catch. As we were moving to Tiger Island, we were treated to a submarine sighting out in the river. We fished the downed logs behind Tiger and Tommy hooked up with another Slot Red, caught out deep, then added a small Flounder to round out an Amelia Island Backcountry Slam. With a good mess of fish in the box, we headed in, counting it as another great day to be out on the water!
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