Itsy Bitsy Baits

I fished south again today with another Mathews crew -Will and  his wife Kara and his sister Becky. I was short on bait so I set a minnow trap out then began to troll along the shore casting for finger mullet.  We got a dozen or so of nice mullet then when we checked the trap we had a 100 mud minnows, but they were mostly all not more than an inch long. We went fishing!

Our first stop was up the Nassau River and all three anglers were tossing jigs and minnows to a large marsh run out and almost immediately began hooking up with small but feisty Redfish. Becky was on the bow catching fish while Will took up the stern catching fish. Then, Will had a strange bite- thought he may be hung on an oyster - but it pulled back and, fish on!  Will worked it to the boat and landed a keeper size Flounder.

After moving down the river a bit we fished an oyster lined bank but we could see some fish busting bait up in a "twin" run out. As we reached that area both Will and Kara had strong hookups, noting that the fish hit their bait immediately when it hit the water. We had a double! Both lines were ripping and running and before long, each had landed a nice Slot Redfish.

We tried fishing Broward Island on the first of an incoming tide - the perfect time to be there - but we had no real takers, other than one feisty Redfish. With just minutes to spare, we came back to Spanish Drop, fished float rigs, and just before pulling up and heading in, Will hooked up and put one more Slot Red in the boat. And with that, we counted it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.