Socked In

The weather forecast last evening called for a slight chance of rain this morning so when I talked to David Dailey yesterday we both agreed that it was a go to meet and go fishing - but maybe we should bring our rain gear just in case!  When I got up this morning the forecast called for minimal rain the first couple of hours but then definite rain the last part of our trip, and for once, the weather guru's were right!

We met out at the Amelia Island Marina and made a quick run down the intercoastal to dip into Jackstaff and then up a small creek where
we set up to fish float rigs and live shrimp on an incoming tide. It didn't take long and these anglers - David's wife Marley, and their adult sons Will and Alex - were catching a few Seatrout. After we moved over to a larger creek and fished to no avail, Will switched to a jig and shrimp and picked up a nice sized Whiting on the bottom (all fish caught today were released).

After running thru Horsehead we made a brief stop at some docks at Seymour's Pointe then continued on down to Spanish Drop. Just as we were getting set up we could see the rain coming across the marsh from the south east so we all donned our rain gear and kept on fishing!  Both David and Alex picked up some hungry Seatrout drifting a float back to a point of grass while Will stayed with the jig, fishing a creek mouth, and he reeled in an aggressive Blue Crab!

The wind was beginning to pick up and the rain had continued so we pulled anchor and ran back to Seymore's where we were somewhat protected. This turned out to be our most productive spot. They all caught Seatrout and a good handful of them were of keeper size. Facing the 15 minute run back to the marina in the rain, we pointed it north and headed in and still counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida