Laurin Titus and her sons Charlie and Mac had plans to got to Puerto Rico for Spring Break to target Peacock Bass but with the Corona Virus outbreak, they decided to make just a quick trip to Amelia Island and take in some back country fishing on the Angler's Mark. I met them down at the Sawpit Creek Boat ramp and we made quick run up the Nassau River and made a stop at the Spanish Drop area with plans to pitch jigs and live mud minnows up to the exposed oysters on a low and outgoing tide. Mac was on the bow, Charlie was at the stern, and mom was snapping pictures of our beautiful ecosystem here at Amelia Island. 
In just a short moment, Mac hooked up and expertly landed a nice Slot sized Redfish. After pictures it was released as were all fish caught today. We worked the bank, move up to another marsh runout and fished that to no avail, then moved on.
Our next stop was over at Pumpkin Hill, again fishing the exposed oysters. We didn't have any real bites the first stretch but after moving down the way to a spot vacated by some other anglers, BOOM! Charlie had a good bite and, Fish On! He played it perfectly and after good battle landed a big 26" "Tournament Size" Redfish, boy what a fish! We kept fishing that bank and it was Mac's turn to land a nice Slot sized Redfish, which he had patiently worked to the boat.
We then moved on down to Broward Island, cruising past the watchful eye of a Bald Eagle, and set up outside of some downed logs. We didn't get a whole lot of bites, but Mac did bring in the first Seatrout of the day.
Seymore's Pointe was our next stop where we set up outside of some dock pilings. Here, Charlie had the hot rod and pulled out two feisty Redfish. After running thru Horsehead, we fished one final stretch of oyster lined bank and again, Charlie found a couple more Redfish, one being in the Slot size. And with that, we called it a day, another great on to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida.
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