Kick'n Up

I fished yesterday with Howard McClure and his buddies Joe and Brian, and met them down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp. The forecast the night before had called for a bit of wind but as I launched the boat we saw that there was only a breeze which was going to make for some comfortable fishing, but little did we know!

We ran up the Nassau River and all the way around to Broward Island, stopping just short of it to fish some exposed oysters with jigs and live shrimp on the last of an outgoing tide. The trio were making excellent casts but we had no real bites.  When it looked like the tide hit bottom we moved down to the island and fished the deep drop off with perfect conditions but the fish just didn't cooperate. After fishing a few areas along the island we moved on.

Our next stop was back at some docks at Seymore's Pointe. The wind had picked up just a bit so this did the trick and gave us some protection. We worked one dock pretty good but only picked up one "baitstealer" but at the next dock we finally had some action. Both Howard and Brian hooked up and landed a feisty Redfish each.

We came around the pointe and fished a slight indent in the rock bulkhead and got a few bites. Then Brian got his bait up real close and sure enough, Boom! He had a hookup. This fish was pulling a bit of drag, especially when it got back in the current, but Brian kept the pressure on and landed a nice 5-spot Slot sized Redfish.

The wind was really kicking up now so we ran back to Christopher Creek and got into some shelter but the fish were having none of it. We headed back in and boy was it blowing! The incoming tide was bucking against the west wind and we were rocking and rolling all the way back to the dock. But it was a beautiful day otherwise so we counted it as another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.