Shark!

I also did an afternoon trip today, fishing with David Shuford and his two kids Allie and William. We left the north end boat ramp and headed over to Eagans Creek - the wind had picked up - and fished some dock pilings with jigs and live shrimp on the last of an outgoing tide. It only took a short time before both David and Allie had put some fat Seatrout in the boat. Then William had  good bite, his drag ripped, and William had a nice fish on. He worked it patiently to the boat and landed a nice feisty Redfish. We picked up a couple of more Trout, then made a run up to Bell River.

We got up there as the tide was about to turn and it may have been on David's first cast that he caught another Trout. Allie added another to the catch and so did William. Then Allie had a big bite and FISH ON! This was a big fish!  She fought it for a while then David took over and patiently played the fish. And patience it took because it stayed on the bottom. I was thinking "surely a Drum" but when it finally came to the surface we saw that it was a Black Tip Shark - the first of the year! David worked it to the net and after pictures we sent it home. David added a keeper sized Trout to the
catch before we left.

Our next stop was "Jolley Bank", fishing the incoming tide with jigs and shrimp and minnows, but we had no bites, so we made one final stop at Tiger Island where William "Redfish" landed another Red Drum to wrap things up, and make it another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida