Trout Come Through

Andrew and Melanie Berlin were visiting Amelia Island again with their two sons, Ben and Daniel, and took in a backcountry fishing trip on The Anglers Mark.  We left the Atlantic Seafood dock at the City of Fernandina Harbor Marina at 2pm today and headed up to the Jolley River to fish an exposed oyster bank on an incoming tide.  Although the anglers had a few nibbles, we didn't pick up any fish, but as the tide began to cover the oysters we did have sightings of both Sheepshead and Trout swimming in the shallows.  We fished a few more spots in Jolley then headed over to the outside of Tiger to fish with float rigs over some flooded oysters.  This did the trick and both Daniel and Melanie were able to hookup with some fat, keeper sized Trout.   Ben was making excellent casts and Andrew picked up some Trout along the way.  We fished behind Tiger where Daniel had a strong hookup, but the fish found it's way into the downed trees and broke itself off.  After fishing south of Rayonier, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters.