I met Ken Alderfer and his two sons Kenny and J.D. yesterday morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We ran up the Amelia River and into the Horsehead area to fish the very first of an outgoing tide. The anglers were fishing live shrimp and mud minnows under float rigs and had a couple of bites but no takers. We hit another stretch of flooded marsh grass as the tide started out and began to get some nibbles. Ken picked up a small Redfish and then Kenny had a good bite up near the grass. He played the fish perfectly and landed a slightly short but nice Redfish. Later, J.D.
was fishing a jig on the bottom and had a strong hookup. His rod bent double and the drag sang, FISH ON! The big fish almost immediately went to the stern of the boat and ran deep. I was pretty sure it was a shark the way it was running, but I've been wrong! J.D. patiently played the big fish that took us deep then shallow then ran up river then back down. But J. D. kep the pressure on and after a good long battle he landed a 3'+ Bonnethead Shark. We continued to fish the bank and Ken Sr. landed two hard fighting Jack Crevalle. After making a stop at Twin Creeks with no luck,
we made a run down to Broward Island where the anglers picked up a few small-but-fun-to-catch Redfish. With that, we called it a day, another great one to be fishing Amelia Island waters!
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