Michael and Ann Austin were in town this week along with their adult daughter Carla and scheduled an Amelia Island back country fishing trip on The Anglers Mark. The tide had only been coming in for an hour so we headed up to Tiger Island and fished the downed logs with live shrimp and jigs. Michael had the hot hand early and hooked up with a couple of keeper Seatrout. All of the anglers were picking up the pesky Croaker when Ann commented that she thought she was "hung up" on a log...but the line started moving up river! Then here rod bent over double and the drag began to rip out, FISH ON! She patiently played
the big fish but as it hugged the bottom for what seemed like an eternity. When she finally brought it to the surface we saw that it was a huge Flounder! I missed the fish the first time with the net but Ann kept the pressure on and we soon landed the 25.5" 7lb+ doormat Flounder...the biggest Flounder of the year AND the biggest I've ever had on The Anglers Mark! Boy what a fish! This obviously puts Ann in first place in The Anglers Mark 2013 Bragging Rights Tournament - Flounder category.(scroll down right side to see standings). We continued to fish the logs, picked up a couple of more Trout, Grey Snapper, and Croaker, then headed up to Jolley River. We caught a few more small Trout and Carla had a hookup and brief battle with a Shark. We moved on up the river where Carla caught a fat keeper Seatrout and also a big Ray. Michael got back in on the action and landed a 2' Bonnethead Shark, then we made a last run to the outside of Tiger where the anglers picked up a couple of more Seatrout to wrap up a great day out on Amelia Island waters!
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