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Whooeee! Another beautiful morning here at Amelia Island, Florida!  I met Trip and Rona Huey down at the south end ramp early and we buzzed up the Nassau River and were fishing within 10 minutes at a nice runout with a whole bunch of birds hanging out!  We had a couple of dozen live shrimp and a few dozen mud minnows so we started with the shrimp on jigs, tossed to the runout and slowly worked back. It didn't take long and both anglers were hooking up with feisty Redfish, Seatrout, Flounder, Ladyfish,  and Jack Crevalle.

We eventually moved down the river and here Trip hooked up and battled a big Bonnethead Shark to the boat for pictures and release.  After the exhausting battle, we ran further up the Nassau and stopped to fish Broward Island. Again, we had some Redfish catches then Rona hooked up and her drag began to sing and she applied some pressure and BAP! Fish Off!  I could tell the leader was abraded so the fish must have gotten around a submerged log. Trip had the same thing happen to him, but then he had a strong hookup that came out from the bank, ripping drag - but Trip was ready and kept the pressure on and soon landed a nice 22" Slot Redfish.

We had a few keeper Flounder caught, a handful of Mangrove Snapper caught but boy did it get hot! So we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.