Although we had an overcast morning it turned out to be a really nice day for fishing today! I met David Ahlers and his fishing buddies Jim and Lawrence up at the north end ramp. We had a bait well of live shrimp and the tide still had a few hours of going out so we eased around to Eagans Creek and set up current from some dock pilings. You would know it, the "the bait stealers" were ever present but this trio of anglers worked thru them and racked up some really good catches. David got it started with a nice keeper sized Black "puppy" Drum catch then they all joined in catching fish. Lawrence added keeper sized Seatrout, Jim put a feisty Redfish in the boat, and they all added a good handful of keeper sized Drum to the catch. We had a "mess" at the first spot!
We then made the long run around and up the Bell River and fished some docks. Right off - Lawrence had a strange bite - a "thump" and a hookup. He worked it to the boat patiently and landed a nice keeper sized Flounder. That's something I noticed about these anglers - they all three worked the fish they caught patiently to the boat.
We fished the MOA over in the Jolley to no avail, then fished some exposed oysters at Snook Creek. David briefly tangled with a Bonnethead Shark but it headed to Jacksonville and parted the leader. Our next stop was around at Tiger Island, fishing the logs. Again, right off, Jim had the hookup - another nice keeper sized Flounder. The "baitstealers" must of followed us all day because we blew thru 8 dozen live shrimp, got into some artificials and dead shrimp, then we called it a day, another great one to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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