Wrapping Up Thanksgiving In Style

I wrapped up a 9 fishing trip stretch thru 10 days this morning when if fished with Dale Bullard, his daughter Autumn and son-in-law Jacob and it also finished up November and the Thanksgiving weekend for me - and it turned out to be another great day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.

We met down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp and under clear and sunny skies, made a short run up  the Nassau River to fish an incoming tide with float rigs and live shrimp. As we eased along a shell lined bank that was quickly flooding, the three anglers  were making excellent casts. We

could see some big wakes coming around a corner and the dolphin made a pass and boiled on them. But luckily they moved off and left the fish to us! BOOM! The bite was on!  We caught Seatrout and Redfish and Seatrout and Redfish and Redfish and Seatrout and stayed in that one spot for over an hour. Many of the Trout were close to the size limit, but not quiet enough. Finally, Dale put a slot sized 5-spot Redfish in the boat and Jacob followed that up with one just a tad bit bigger.

We were half way thru our bait and decided to move on, take a rest, and fish at another spot so we buzzed down to Pumpkin Hill and fished a couple of spots. Even though the conditions were just right, we didn't get much action. After cruising thru a pod of dolphin we made one final stop at the entrance to Christopher Creek and here the action picked right back up. The trio caught one Trout after another and it was Autumn that put a couple of keeper sized ones in the boat.

It was a beautiful day and the fish cooperated so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.