Can't Beat it For January

The Angler's Mark rides again! After a month in the shop getting a new gas tank installed, I did my first trip this morning, meeting Dennis Brizzi and Hal O'dell out at the Goffinsville Park early. The tide was going out- had been for a few hours - so we made our first run down the Nassau River to the Spanish Drop area.  The two anglers were pitching jigs and live shrimp to some exposed oysters and it was Hal who "knocked the skunk off" when he hooked up and landed a feisty Redfish.

But after fishing 2-3 spots along that bank we had no more real bites so we made the short hop
up to some docks at Seymore's Pointe.  The tide was getting down and the dock pilings were looking good and sure enough, the move paid off. Dennis hooked up with a big enough fish that ripped his drag and didn't want to come to the boat. He kept the pressure on, kept it from breaking off on the pilings and boat hull, and brought to the net a big 20" Black "puppy" Drum.  We had a few nibbles but no more fish so we moved down a couple of docks, set up and caught another small Drum, a small Seatrout, and a couple of feisty Redfish. We then moved back to the original dock! Yep, it paid off!

It was Hal this time who had the big hookup. He patiently fought it to the boat and landed another big 22" Black Drum. He followed that up with another keeper sized Drum.

Our next stop was down towards Pumpkin Hill where we had some strong bites and put another Trout and Red in the boat.  We finished up at Broward Island with a few Redfish caught, a few Trout caught, and one keeper Trout added by Dennis to wrap up a really pleasant day to be out on the water here at Amelia Island, Florida.