Trout Catching

I wrapped up my week today fishing with Kevin Malinowski and his aunt Joanne, meeting them up at the north end boat ramp on a clear morning with just a slight breeze- a perfect day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida! We made the run up to the outside of Tiger island to make our first stop at a large runout. Both anglers were tossing jigs and live shrimp and bumping them back over a sandy bottom, but we had no bites.

We eased on around to the mouth of the Jolley River and worked the "bank", now tossing float rigs with the live shrimp. Kevin was on the bow casting ahead while Joanne worked the stern. We
had a few bites here and there but no takers until we got to a large runout where Kevin hooked up with a keeper sized Seatrout.  We fished further up the Jolley and found another Trout or two. Then we got into some high flying Ladyfish and boy did they put on a show trying to throw the hook!

The MOA produced one Trout, not quite legal, so we buzzed around to the Bell River and fished some docks, to no avail. We had a little time left so we made the long run back to Tiger Island and worked the downed logs with jigs. Kevin found another big keeper sized Trout and Joanne reeled in a feisty Redfish.

It was a beautiful day and a great day to be fishing here eat Amelia Island, Florida.