Comparing Notes

I've talked to a couple of other Captains at the bait shop and at the dock and we all agreed that fish catch'n has been kinda tough the last couple of days. I think with the full moon, higher morning tides and a quirky weather pattern, the fish have hunkered down!  But nevertheless, when you've got a day off, you go fishing!

I met Chris Elmore and his fishing partner Billy over at the Amelia Island Marina yesterday morning early and after we puttered out the trench we headed north, all the way up to the outside of Tiger Island. We were fishing float
rigs shallow with live shrimp on a 3' leader and had zero bites - not even a nibble. We moved over and fished a marsh run out and got the same results. After running thru Tiger and over to the Bell River we set up on a pointe of grass where the conditions were just ideal, but again, not a nibble!

So we decided to make the long run up Bell to Pirates Woods and fish some docks and this paid off when we switched to jigs and shrimp and got down on the bottom. Working thru the "baitstealing" perch, these anglers were able to pick up a couple of Seatrout and a couple of Black "puppy" Drum. We worked those docks pretty good, then headed back to Lanceford Creek.

We went back to the float rig and Billy had a bite almost immediately, then shortly after that Chris hooked up with a keeper sized Seatrout (all fish caught today were released).  But that was it! After fishing a grass patch to no avail, we moved around by Oyster Bay and fished a runout, again, not a nibble. We made one last stop back towards the marina and going back to the jig was the trick . Chris and Billy teamed up to put 4 feisty Redfish in the boat which helped top off another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.