Today was the first non-windy day I've fished in weeks, and boy was it a beautiful day! I met John Fredericks and his fishing buddy Dan down at the Sawpit Creek boat ramp early this morning and we made a long run up the Nassau River and around to Pumpkin Hill. The tide still had about an hour of going out so these two anglers were pitching jigs and mud minnows - no shrimp today at the bait shop. We had fished about 10-15 minutes when Dan, after making an excellent cast, had a strong hookup and, Fish On! Dan played him perfectly as the big fish rolled a half a dozen times and....BAP, fish off! It just came off. Dang it! Then not 10 minutes later Dan had another strong bite, a good fight and BAP! Fish off! This one snapped the leader right at the hook.
But Dan and John were not to be deterred. They continued to pitch the jigs and began to pick up some hungry Seatrout. When the tide turned we fished Broward Island and here John hooked up and reeled in a nice 20" Slot Redfish, then he
hauled in a 24" Slot fish. We landed another Trout or two then made the move back to Seymore's Pointe area. We fished some docks for a bit, but had no takers, then ran back to the Spanish Drop area. We fished the back end of a bend with jigs then switched to float rigs and the minnows, up near the grass and, BOOM! Dan had a strong hookup. He patiently played it to the boat and landed a Slot Redfish, then as we were measuring it John caught and landed another Slot. The sun was out, the temperatures had warmed and it was another great day to be fishing here at Amelia Island, Florida
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