You're Due

We had chilly start this morning when I met Paul Amos and his fiancée Laura down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp, but the sun was coming up and the skies were clear. We buzzed up the Nassau River and eased in between two docks at Seymore's Pointe and began to toss live shrimp under float on an outgoing tide. I had high expectations - the conditions were perfect - the weather was perfect- and the anglers were making excellent casts, but nope,  not a bite!

The tide had gotten down a bit so we ran down to Broward Island and under a pair of nesting Bald Eagles and set up to fish the downed logs. Paul "knocked the skunk off" with a Seatrout catch, then he added a Redfish catch. I had just noted that Laura "was due" to catch a fish when she had a hookup!  She worked it patiently to the boat and landed a feisty Black "puppy" Drum. We worked along the bank and picked up another Red or two, then moved down the way.

Both Laura and Paul caught Redfish then Paul reeled in a keeper sized Sheepshead (all fish caught today were released). They had an Amelia Island Grande Slam! Our final stop was back at Seymore's Pointe and patiently drifting live shrimp up by the rocks paid off. Paul's float disappeared, his drag began to rip, and the fish was having nothing of coming to the boat - a sure sign it had some size to it.
But Paul was up to the challenge, played it patiently, and eventually landed a nice 25" Slot Redfish. Shortly after photo's and release, he put another 21" Slot Red in the boat! Now that's the way to wrap up a great day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida!