Jeremy Sykes lined an Amelia Island back water fishing trip with his girlfriend Nichole and her son Brooks on The Anglers Mark for this morning. We headed out of the Fernandina marina and ran up to Lanceford Creek to fish the dock pilings with live shrimp on jigs and floats. The anglers warmed up and were getting nibbles here and there, then Nichole had a strong hookup and a good battle and eventually expertly landed a nice 17" Flounder. Jeremy worked patiently and hooked up a feisty Redfish. We made run up to Jolley River and fished the oyster beds on the last of an outgoing tide. We hadn't been fishing long when Brooks' rod bent over and the drag began to sing! He played the big fish around the boat, from stern to bow and back to stern, and made a couple of trips again, around the boat. He got the hang of lifting the fish, keeping pressure on it, then reeling down to get another lift and soon brought to net a nice 3'+ Bonnethead Shark. Shortly later, Nichole added another Flounder to the cooler and Jeremy pulled in a few more feisty Redfish. We hit another bank and after Jeremy had hooked up a little baitstealer, he smartly left it on the hook and within a cast or two had caught a very nice 19" Seatrout! Our last stop was behind Tiger Island and we took advantage of the shade by putting the bow up on a mud bank. Brooks landed another Bonnethead and Nichole finished off an Amelia Island Grand Slam by bringing in a Puppy Drum With that, we called it a day, another great one to be on Amelia Island waters!
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