The Net Floats!

It's Florida/Georgia week and Greg Brown and his fishing partner Eddie were in town to take in the festivities and game and had pre-planned an Amelia Island back country fishing trip for this morning. I met them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and we made a short run up the Nassau River to make our first stop at a flooding marsh line. 

The duo began pitching jigs and shrimp (and a few minnows) at a bend in the river. We had some bites, but no takers. As we approached some flooded oysters we switched to floats and drifted our baits over the top and this did the
trick. Greg put a nice feisty Redfish in the boat then they began to catch some Trout.  About the time I'd think about moving, they'd get another fish.

We finally buzzed down to Pumpkin Hill and fished a grassy island and here Eddie put a nice keeper sized Seatrout in the boat.  Greg added another keeper then Eddie added one more.  Then Eddie's float slowly went under and I was thinking a Redfish had nibbled it but after Eddie had expertly worked it to the net, we saw that it was a nice keeper sized Flounder.

We fished around the corner to no avail, tried Christopher Creek with jigs, poked into some flooded marsh flats, then came back around to Seyomore's Pointe. Eddie picked up a Trout on a float rig at "One Trout Hole", then we fished some docks with jigs, but only got some "baitstealers". It was a really nice day to be on the water and a great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.