Come on Spring! When Cheryl and Richard Freshour and I left the dock this morning at 11am the water temperature was 49! But we had some good sunshine and very little wind. We made our way north to fish the outgoing tide. The oysters hadn't started showing but both Cheryl and Richard started off tossing jigs and shrimp, fishing the bottom real slow. On Richard's first cast had a nice hookup with a feisty Redfish! 2nd cast? Hookup! 3rd cast? Hookup! You can't hardly beat a start like that. That's not only knocking the skunk off the boat but giving it a good boot in the rear, too! From then on both anglers had good hookups with feisty Redfish. Cheryl hooked up with one and this time the drag sang, FISH ON! She played the big fish patiently but it was a wiley old fish and eventually found some structure to cut the line, OUCH! But later, Richard had a big one and the fight was on! He played the fish from the stern of the boat, to the bow, and back to the stern. The big fish ran deep and hugged the bottom but Richard kept the pressure on. After a long battle Richard subdued the beast and we finally netted a Big 26.75' Redfish! Boy what a fish! This fish put Richard firmly in 1st place in the Anglers Mark 2014 Bragging Rights Tournament, Redfish Category (scroll down right side of this report for standings). Not long after this fish was releasead, BOOM! FISH ON! Another Big Redfish! Richard again fought this fish to the net, a nice 26.5" Redfish! We continued to fish the area and picked up a few more feisty Reds then Cheryl landed the only two Seatrout of the day, caught in 30' of water, on the bottom. We hit a couple of more spots but the bite was over so we called it a day, another great one to be out on Amelia Island waters!
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