Trout Uptick

We had another beautiful morning today when I met Don McKenna and his son Ryan up at the north end ramp. We launched at 7am and it was still dark with the time change but when we got to our first spot at Tiger Island the sun began to peak up over the horizon. The two anglers were tossing jigs an live shrimp and the tide had only been coming in for about an hour - I thought we'd have some good action, but it took a while. We worked along the logs and finally picked up a small Trout or two, then a feisty Redfish, then Don landed a keeper sized Seatrout.

We then buzzed around and  up to the Jolley River and began fishing the bank, and again caught a Trout or two and then one of keeper size.  Our next stop was up at Snook Creek and although we had some good bites, we had no takers. After coming back to Tiger and around to Bell River we set up along a marshy pointe and drifted float rigs with the current. We may have gotten a fish or two there, but we decided to make the run around to Lanceford Creek. We were fishing a lone grass patch when both anglers began to put 14" Trout in the boat, one after the other. It was a good flurry of fun fishing. Ryan added a small Flounder and Don added a small Black "puppy" Drum to round out there Amelia Island Back Country Grande Slam.

It was almost time to leave but we wanted to hit one more spot and it sure paid off! Both Don and Ryan landed nice keeper sized Trout and it made for a great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.