Sheena Abrams treated her father Steve to an early Fathers day fishing trip this morning. The family is visiting Amelia Island from Greenville, SC. Steve brought along his two son-in-laws, Luke and Chris, meeting me at the Atlantic Seafood dock at 7am this morning. We've been having a ton of rain the last few days but we had a break this morning with clear skies and just a slight breeze. We headed up to Lanceford Creek to fish the docks on an outgoing tide, tossing jigs and shrimp up to the pilings. The anglers had a few nibbles and Steve was able to "get the skunk off the boat", hooking up with a hungry Seatrout. Luke added a feisty Redfish to the catch . We made a run around to the Jolley River and up to "Snook Creek", fishing the oyster beds on the last of an outgoing tide. Again the guys were getting bites then Chris had a strong hookup and his drag sang as the line played out. He played the fish perfectly and after a lengthy battle he brought a 3' Bonnethead Shark to the boat. Before I could get the net under the fish, he made one last lunge for freedom - and snapped the leader. No picture of this shark! We continued to fish the oyster beds of Jolley where Luke hooked up with another hungry Seatrout, then Chris added one that was keeper sized. Chris had a another couple of battles with the Bonnetheads, but they were having none of coming in to the boat for pictures! Our lasts stop was at the downed logs of Tiger Island, but the sun was up and getting hot and we had no significant bites, so we headed in, counting it as another great day of fishing!
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