Fish for Dinner

I fished with Keenan Bell and his grandfather Tom today, meeting them early this morning up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and heading north and west up to the outside of Tiger to fish the very first of an outgoing tide with float rigs and live shrimp and minnows. It only took a few casts and both anglers were catching some small, but hungry Seatrout. We also had a bunch of "baitstealers" swiping our baits!

We crossed the river and fished another marsh line and picked up a few more Seatrout and tangled with a Ladyfish or two.  After running
out and around and  up into the Jolley we made a stop upriver and fished another shore line. This did the trick. Keenan picked up a feisty Redfish then Tom hooked up and landed a keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum.  We dropped back and fished the mouth of Jolley, caught a couple of more smaller Reds, then came back to the outside and tossed jigs and minnows in hopes for a Flounder, to no avail.

Our next stop was back at Tiger, but this time on the inside and although the tide was quite down, it was low enough to fish the "pockets". Tom hooked up right off with a feisty Redfish, Keenan added a small Flounder to the catch and they both combined to snag some pesky Croaker and Grunts.  We eased along the bank, working the logs, then had  good THUMP, and fish on!  Keenan worked it patiently to the boat and landed a big 19.5" Seatrout. We fished up and down and were about to leave but Tom was fishing right up to the end and it paid off! BOOM! Fish On!  He kept the pressure on, working it away from the logs then patiently brought it to the boat, landing a Slot sized 20" Redfish.

With a Drum, Seatrout and Redfish in the box, these two anglers had a good bag for a good dinner so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida