Saturday, April 13, 2013

Big Trout Make Great Fishing

We had a beautiful Saturday morning when I met Wes Matheney and his friend Steve Collins at the
Big Talbot Island boat ramp.  We headed up the Nassau River on after the tide had been coming in for only about an hour and made our first stop at Bubblegum Reef.  Although the conditions were perfect we had no bites!  OUCH!  We then ran to the south end of Broward Island and began to fish back and it wasn't long before Steve had hooked up with a hungry Seatrout.  Then Wes had a strong hookup and he too pulled in a big Seatrout.  We had a few
more bites then made our way to Christopher Creek where the anglers caught a nice Flounder and a feisty Redfish.  Our last run was to the mouth of Jackstaff and this proved to be the ticket, fishing with live shrimp under float rigs.  Wes got hot early and began to bring in Seatrout after Seatrout.  Steve had a few and then his rod bent and a battle was on!  He played the fish perfectly and we soon netted a nice 19.75" Trout, putting in a tie for 2nd place in The Anglers Mark 2013 Bragging Rights Tournament - Trout category!  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!

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