I also
fished yesterday afternoon, meeting Dick Miree and Katherine at the north ramp
on the last of the outgoing tide. We made the long run up the Bell River and
fished some docks with jigs and live shrimp. The current was still ripping,
blown even faster by the wind and even though we had a bite or two, we had no
takers. We continued on, around into the Jolley and made stops at three
different banks of oyster beds on the very last of the outgoing tide. I don’t know if I have ever seen the tide so
low. We had no real bites.
When the
tide hit bottom we went around to the mouth of Tiger and tried to enter but the
water was too shallow and we couldn’t get in to fish that first of the incoming
tide. So we changed our plans and went over to Eagans Creek and fished some
structure, which paid off. Katherine landed the first fish of the day, a feisty
Redfish. We put a couple of those in the boat, a small Trout or two, and did
battle with a huge Seatrout that was wiley enough to throw the hook right at
the boat! Boy what a fish!
The tide had
come in a bit so we ran back to Tiger, slowed for a passing submarine, then
made our way to the backside to fish the logs. Both Katherine and Dick put some
“almost big enough” Redfish in the boat and both landed a couple of Black
“puppy” Drum. The last two stops and submarine viewing saved the day and made
for a great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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