Saved The Best For Last

I fished with Jeff Dees and his son-in-law Jason this morning, meeting them out at Goffinsville Park early, and we made a quick run thru Horsehead to the mouth of Jackstaff with plans to fish the exposed oyster beds with jigs and live shrimp. I turned the bow into the outgoing current and we began to work the bank slowly, pitching to the edge and slowly working it back. And pitching to the edge and slowly working it back. And pitching it to the edge and slowly working it back. We fished it thoroughly but had no real bites, other than a Catfish and Ladyfish.

After running back thru the marsh and down the Nassau we set up alongside some  more oysters and this did the trick. It was like someone turned a light switch on. Jason "knocked the skunk off" when he caught and landed a feisty Redfish and from then on we were catching fish. Jeff tangled with a hard fighting Jack Crevalle, landed a keeper sized Seatrout, and both anglers caught a good handful of feisty Redfish.  We moved up the bank and fished a marsh run out and here too, we caught fish.

The tide had been coming in for about an hour so we buzzed down to Broward Island and set up on the end and here things got hot!  Jeff caught couple of feisty Reds then he had a strong hookup and, Big Fish On! He played it perfectly and soon landed a nice 23" Slot Redfish. After he picked up another smaller Red or two, we let the boat drift back to let Jason get in on the action and sure enough, he too hooked up and landed a nice Slot Redfish. We fished both ends of the island and put  keeper sized Flounder and Sheepshead in the boat before we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.