Thursday, April 18, 2013

Never a Dull Moment on This Fishing Trip

I got to fish with Wes Matheney again this morning and he brought along his wife Mary Beth to fish the north end of the island.  We met at Atlantic Seafood dock and headed up river, passing really neat sailing ship in the harbor.  I made the run way up into Jolley River to make our first stop at the MOA (Mother of All) spots!  We weren't disappointed.  Although Mary Beth was a new salt water angler, she picked up a nice Whiting then a hungry Seatrout.  Then Wes got in on the action by catching a few Trout.  Mary Beth reeled
in a couple of more and then another Whiting.  We made a stop at Snook Creek and although the conditions were perfect with the current coming around an oyster bed we had no real bites.  We did get rained on just a little bit!  Our next stop was at Jolley Bank and here we picked up another Trout and Wes hooked up with a feisty Redfish.  Later, we had a strong hookup and Wes had a real battle on his hands.  He played the big fish expertly around the boat as we drifted deeper and eventually we landed a nice 25" Slot Redfish!  After a short pit stop at the boat ramp we headed over to the logs of Tiger Island, but first we paused to see a submarine and it's procession heading up to Kings Bay.  At Tiger, Mary Beth caught a nice 18" Seatrout and we had a visit from the resident raccoon!  With that, we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!

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