Nothing But Slots

Now that the temperatures have dropped just a bit we've had some excellent days to be out fishing here at Amelia Island. That said, the fish catching has been a bit slow but if we "endeavor to persevere" we do catch some nice fish. Today, I had met Jeff Parks down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. We had clear skies and just a slight breeze as we ran up the Nassau River. We made our first stop at a large outflow near Seymore's Point and began fishing float rigs and live shrimp up near the grass. We had no real bites.  We then tried fishing some docks and rocks at Seymore's and again, no real bites.

We ran down to Pumpkin Hill and fished a grassy island and again, no real bites. Ouch. How could it be such a beautiful day and not have any bites? But Jeff persevered as we eased around a point of grass and began fishing some pockets and points over a shelly bottom and sure enough, BOOM! Nice fish on. Jeff worked it patiently to the boat and landed a nice 22" Slot Redfish. We continued on down that bank, fishing shallow on a high and outgoing tide. I didn't see it but I heard it - Jeff's drag ripping and, Big Fish On!  This one went out deep, ran back shallow then back out deep again. Jeff kept the pressure on and soon landed a bulky 26" Slot Red.

While we were in the area we ran down to Broward Island and fished some outflows with jigs and minnows. Although we did have a small Flounder latch on, we didn't get any to the boat. We made one more stop back at Spanish Drop and noted that the tide had dropped significantly -shell bank was showing- and as I eased along the bank Jeff had a good drift going and down his float went - another Slot Redfish!  Although the bite wasn't on fire, we had three nice fish which made for another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.