First Flounder of The Year Earns GPK Award

I fished with Greg Bancroft today and boy what a pretty one it turned out to be! We launched up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park boat ramp and buzzed around to Lanceford Creek to fish the very last of an outgoing tide. The "baitstealers" were out strong but Greg worked thru them and picked up a feisty Redfish.

After fishing Soap Creek for a bit with no luck, we came back to Tiger Island and fished the logs. It was slow going for a while until the tide stared coming back in. Greg caught a few hungry Seatrout out deep with his jig and shrimp combo, then he landed a couple of feisty Redfish and wrapped up his Back Country Slam with a small Flounder catch - the first we've had on the Anglers Mark this year.

We then made a run up to the Jolley River and switched to a fixed float rig and shrimp. We had worked about 30 yards of oysters with not a nibble when Greg's float finally disappeared and, Fish On! Greg worked it patiently to the boat and landed a nice Slot sized Redfish. He went back to the same spot and, Boom! Fish On. Another Redfish. He went back to the same spot and, Boom! Fish on...for just a bit and...fish off!  We must of gotten into a small school  and had some good action there for a while making it a great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.