Running With The Tides

We had another beautiful morning today when I met Frank Boehm nd his fishing buddies Jack and Randy up at the DeeDee Bartels Park boat ramp.  We made a brisk run over to Lanceford Creek and began fishing with jigs and live shrimp on a tide that had been going out a few hours. the anglers were making excellent casts to some dock pilings but we had no takers at that first dock. After moving down a ways, Jack knocked the skuk off when he landed a feisty Redfish.

Although the tide was right for this spot, the bite was slow so we made the long run up Bell River
to try our hand fishing deeper water, still on the outgoing tide. It was Randy's turn to shine as he "taught lessons" on how to catch hungry Seatrout down on the bottom. He landed a good handful then both Frank and Jack got in on the catching. Randy also hooked up with a sneaky Sheepshead.

Our next stop was around at the MOA in the Jolley River, but the MOA wasn't, so we moved on to the mouth of the Jolley and fished "the bank" briefly, to no avail. As we were leaving our friendly Coast Guard waylaid us and gave us a safety check which we passed with flying colors.

Our final stop was around at Tiger Island to catch the first of an incoming tide. after fishing just a few minutes Frank had a strong bite and BOOM! Big fish on, Frank battled it valiantly and soon landed a nice 24.5" Slot Redfish.  Then they all began to hookup with Reds - feisty and fun to catch, then Jack wrapped things up with a Seatrout that measured right at 19" which made for a great way to end a good day of fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.