Thanksgiving Fun Fishing at Amelia Island

You just can't beat a good day of fishing especially when you know that some great food is coming your way the next day for Thanksgiving! Paul Doman and his family were visiting Amelia Island and he and his daughters Edi and Adelaide met me early this morning down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp at the very top of a  high tide. We left the ramp, ran up the intercoastal and dipped into Jackstaff with plans to fish a large marsh runout with float rigs an live shrimp. I'm pretty sure it was first cast and, Fish On! I've been telling people you can't hardly NOT catch a Trout if you've been

fishing the last few days and today was no exception. Paul reeled in that first fish but the ladies got in on the action quickly and soon they too were hauling in fish. We worked up and down the bank and caught fish as we went.

After running thru Horsehead we made a stop at some docks at Seymore's Pointe and again, Seatrout were biting on almost every drift. Bait was getting busted up along some grass and after Paul had made a pinpoint cast, let it drift naturally along the grass,
BOOM! Big fish On!  Paul played it perfectly and  patiently and soon landed a nice 24" Slot Redfish. Later, he was fishing somewhat out a ways, over some submerged oysters, and hooked up and landed a keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum (all fish caught today were released). Both Edi and Adelaide brought in keeper sized Seatrout.

We ran down to Pumpkin Hill and while the girls took a break, Paul worked the bank over a shell bottom and caught three feisty Redfish. One fish hookup was brief - the fish rolled, took his bait, and BAP! Fish off in just a split second!

Our final stop was back at Spanish Drop and here Edi had the hot hand - she caught a couple of Trout then after a perfect cast to some exposed shell, BOOM! Another Big Fish On! Edi worked it to the boat and after a good battle landed another Slot Redfish. What a great way to wrap up a fun fishing trip here at Amelia Island, Florida.