Cold and Windy and Hot Fishing

We had postponed todays trip from last week due to high winds and even though we still had a little wind, and some cool temperatures, it was manageable so I met Allen and Laverne Webb up at the Dee Dee Bartels Park early this morning. We made a quick run over to Eagans Creek and began fishing some dock pilings on the last of an outgoing tide with jigs and live shrimp, and a few left over mud minnows. The first dock we fished we barely even got a nibble. I couldn't believe we didn't have a decent bite. But we moved down the way just a bit and boy did that pay off!

These two anglers began hooking up with Redfish and it was a bonanza of fish catching for over an hour. They boated 5 Slot sized Redfish with the biggest measuring to 26.5" and they caught threw back umpteen small but feisty Redfish. They also added 2-3 Black "puppy" Drum with the biggest measuring at 16".  We were out of the wind and we couldn't have asked for a better day for fishing, and fish catching!

The bite finally slowed so we moved down another dock or two and picked up a couple of more feisty Redfish, then we made the run over to the backside of Tiger Island. Again, the fish bite was awesome!  They added one more Slot sized Redfish, a keeper sized Seatrout, a few more undersized Trout, and a handful of feisty Reds. It was another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.