Amelia Island Shark Week?

We launched under stormy skies this morning, but the rain storms seemed to be holding just along the beach and we were heading west from Sawpit Creek and gambled that we wouldn't get wet!  I had met the Godfrey family - Pat and David and their son Mark early and after the quick run up the the intercoastal and into Jackstaff, we turned the bow into the current and began working back on an incoming tide, tossing float rigs and live shrimp to the marsh grass. And wouldn't you know it, the first two casts produced
Seatrout!  Mark reeled the first one in, knocking the "skunk off" then David hooked up and reeled in a keeper sized fish. (All fish caught today were released). We fished the bank slowly and picked up a couple of Trout and Ladyfish then Pam tangled with a hard fighting Jack Crevalle.

We ran thru Horsehead and around to Seymore's Pointe and stopped to fish some dock pilings briefly but the "baitstealers" were thick so
we continued on around to Pumpkin Hill. All three anglers were getting excellent drifts and even though we had some nibbles, we only picked up one more small Trout.   Just as we were about to leave, David's rod bent double and his drag began to rip and Fish On!  He fought the fish to a standstill and soon landed a nice Bonnethead Shark.

Our next stop was over in Christopher Creek, fishing dock pilings again with jigs and shrimp and again, bait stealers ran us off. We came back out of the creek and ran down the Nassau River and made our final stop at Twin Creeks. Mark was on the bow tossing to the mouths of the creeks and when he saw that his float was missing, he reeled up, came tight, and the circle hook did its job! BOOM! Big Fish On!  This fish was ripping drag so we kicked the trolling motor into high gear as Mark took up slack then it was a battle. Mark went from bow to stern and from starboard to port and kept the pressure on. Soon the 4' shark came to the surface and we grabbed it for pictures and release. Now that's the way to wrap up another great day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.