Batttling the Breeze for the win!

We did an afternoon trip today when I met Mike Baker and his dad Larry up at the north end ramp at 1pm.  There was a NE wind blowing at 13mph, but it was clear skies and just a tad bit cool so we decided we'd take on the challenge.  Our first stop was up Bell River just a ways and the "demo" cast produced a nice Seatrout catch - "where'd the float go"!  We were drifting live shrimp under a float rig on a high and incoming tide - not necessarily my favorite - but we caught a few Trout on either side of grassy pointe.

We then ran around and up into Lanceford Creek
and fished a grass patch. Larry was drifting his float right up to the grass and we both saw it slowly go under, Larry lifted his rod and the circle hook set and, Fish On!  Larry worked it expertly to the boat and landed a nice feisty Redfish. Mike was fishing out beyond the grass and picked up Seatrout. We worked it pretty good and got a good handful of Trout and Reds.

After moving down just a bit we fished a seawall with some grass along the edge and really got into some fish, many which were of "keeper" size. Larry was working the grass and found a honey hole and Mike was fishing up near some tree branches and was catching is share,too.

We then ran down past Rayonier and fished "Temptation Cove" and picked up another few Trout of keeper size.  Our last stop was back at Tiger Island, fishing the logs with jigs and here Larry caught our final keeper Trout and then put a hard fighting Black "puppy" Drum in the boat.   The sun was heading down and we had some fish to clean so we headed in and counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.