First Shark of the Year

Buddy and Mindy Peterson were in town with their kids Jack and Ben and took in an Amelia Island backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark yesterday morning.  We left the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7:30am and headed up to Jolley River to fish the incoming tide with jig/shrimp combo's.  The oysters were still showing and the anglers worked the bank, picking up a few feisty Seatrout.  We moved on up into the river, still fishing the oyster banks, and Mindy had strong hookup that began to rip the line off of her Shimano Stradic 1000 reel.  She fought the fish around the boat a couple of times and just as we thought we were going to see the fish, it would head for the bottom and Mindy would have to work it back in.  Eventually she won the battle and we netted a hefty Bonnethead Shark!   Buddy, Jack and Ben were able to pickup some Trout and Ben won the ugliest fish caught contest by reeling in a Stingray.  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!